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Definition of: lawful

(lôfəl) adjective
1. Permitted or not forbidden by law; legitimate: lawful acts.
2. Constituted by law; enforceable at law: lawful claims.
3. Valid, or regarded as valid: said of a marriage; also, born of such a marriage: said of offspring.
4. Having full legal rights. See synonyms under JUST, RIGHT.
—law′ful·ly
adverb
—law′ful·ness
noun

Most often used phrases:

lawful authority
lawful combatants
lawful good
lawful interception
lawful means
lawful neutral
lawful evil
lawful permanent
lawful purposes
lawful orders
lawful wife
lawful excuse
lawful government
lawful purpose
lawful possession

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Statistical data

"lawful" has the frequency of use of 0.0005% on city-data.com forum

"lawful" has the frequency of use of 0.0002% on en.wikipedia.org.

Phrases starting with the letter: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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