Lawful
['lɔːfʊl;-f(ə)l] or ['lɔfl]
Definition
(adj.) conformable to or allowed by law; 'lawful methods of dissent' .
(adj.) authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; 'a legitimate government' .
(adj.) according to custom or rule or natural law .
Typist: Nora--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.
(a.) Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands.
Checker: Roy
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Legal, legalized, legitimate, constitutional.[2]. Allowable, permissible.[3]. Rightful, just, proper.
Checker: Mario
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Legal, permissible, orderly, right, allowable, fair, constitutional, rightful,legitimate
ANT:Illegal, impermissible, unlawful, wrong, lawless, unfair
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Unserious Contents or Definition
adj. Compatible with the will of a judge having jurisdiction.
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Examples
- And this lawful use of them seems likely to be often needed in the regulations of marriages and births. Plato. The Republic.
- The catching business, we beg to remind them, is rising to the dignity of a lawful and patriotic profession. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- And ye have verily taken them on the security of God, and have made their persons lawful unto you by the words of God. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- He could never rest till he had made the excellent, deserving Sophia his lawful wife. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- It is lawful to marry again, I suppose; else we might as well be Hindoos instead of Christians. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And now to my boon, said the King, which I ask not with one jot the less confidence, that thou hast refused to acknowledge my lawful sovereignty. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- I think two witnesses would be more lawful,' said Mrs. Sanders, who, like the other friend, was bursting with curiosity. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He is their lawful property; he fairly belongs to them. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
- A man may do anything lawful, for money. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The illuminated village had seized hold of the tocsin, and, abolishing the lawful ringer, rang for joy. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Ask me for a penny more, and I'll have my lawful revenge upon you. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- These rules took place with regard to all places of lawful exportation, except the British colonies in America. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- The Lord hath ordained to every man the share of his inheritance; a testament is not lawful to the prejudice of heirs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- I am your lawful wife. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- In all towns-corporate, all persons are free to sell butchers' meat upon any lawful day of the week. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- Gramercy for thy sack, said Wamba; but think'st thou it is lawful for me to aid you to transmew thyself from a holy hermit into a sinful forester? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- But these sounds of disaffection were drowned by the popular shout of Long live the Lady Rowena, the chosen and lawful Queen of Love and of Beauty! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The goblin leered maliciously at the terrified sexton, and then raising his voice, exclaimed-- '“And who, then, is our fair and lawful prize? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- He held me to certain months of servitude, which were his lawful term of notice. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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