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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

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • lawfully adverb
  • lawfulness noun
  • prelawful adjective
  • prelawfully adverb
  • prelawfulness noun
  • quasi-lawful adjective
  • quasi-lawfully adverb
  • ˈɴڳܱԱ noun
  • ˈɴڳܱ adverb
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51Թ 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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And she is a recipient of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, the 2012 policy that provides protection from deportation to immigrants without lawful status who came to the U.S. as children.

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On Wednesday, Hegseth insisted the deployment of Marines in Los Angeles was lawful but couldn’t name the law under which it is allowed.

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Hegseth told senators that every action taken in Los Angeles was "constitutional" and “lawful” but wasn’t able to provide the specific statute that authorized the administration to deploy active-duty Marines.

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Mars defended the advert, saying "the cars were shot driving at lawful speeds and any emulation would only reflect the legal and safe driving presented".

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He said that Huerta was “exercising his lawful right to be present and observe these immigration raids.”

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