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lawful

[ law-fuhl ]

adjective

  1. allowed or permitted by law; not contrary to law:

    a lawful enterprise.

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  2. recognized or sanctioned by law; legitimate:

    a lawful marriage; a lawful heir.

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  3. appointed or recognized by law; legally qualified:

    a lawful king.

  4. acting or living according to the law; law-abiding:

    a lawful man; a lawful community.



lawful

/ ˈɔːʊ /

adjective

  1. allowed, recognized, or sanctioned by law; legal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɴڳܱԱ, noun
  • ˈɴڳܱ, adverb
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Other Word Forms

  • fܱ· adverb
  • fܱ·Ա noun
  • ·fܱ adjective
  • pre·fܱ· adverb
  • pre·fܱ·Ա noun
  • ܲȴ-fܱ adjective
  • quasi-fܱ· adverb
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Word History and Origins

Origin of lawful1

First recorded in 1250–1300, lawful is from the Middle English word laghful. See law 1, -ful
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Instead it is using our nation’s foundational civil rights law as a pretext to coerce states into abandoning efforts to promote diversity, equity, and inclusion through lawful programs and policies.”

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At the same time judges, backed by the higher courts, have removed the right of protestors to claim they had a "lawful excuse" for their actions in the vast majority of protest cases.

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A 48-year-old woman from Australia Road, White City Estate, London, has been charged with preventing a lawful and decent burial of a dead body and conspiring to pervert the course of justice.

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Trump is attempting to deny birthright citizenship, which is guaranteed by the 14th Amendment, to babies born to parents who aren’t citizens or lawful permanent residents.

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Under Trump’s proposal, babies born in this country would not be deemed U.S. citizens if neither the mother nor the father was a citizen or a lawful permanent resident at the time of the birth.

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