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lawful
[law-fuhl]
adjective
allowed or permitted by law; not contrary to law.
a lawful enterprise.
Synonyms:recognized or sanctioned by law; legitimate.
a lawful marriage; a lawful heir.
Synonyms:appointed or recognized by law; legally qualified.
a lawful king.
acting or living according to the law; law-abiding.
a lawful man; a lawful community.
lawful
/ ˈɔːʊ /
adjective
allowed, recognized, or sanctioned by law; legal
Other 51Թ Forms
- lawfully adverb
- lawfulness noun
- prelawful adjective
- prelawfully adverb
- prelawfulness noun
- quasi-lawful adjective
- quasi-lawfully adverb
- ˈɴڳܱԱ noun
- ˈɴڳܱ adverb
51Թ History and Origins
Example Sentences
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.
On Wednesday, Hegseth insisted the deployment of Marines in Los Angeles was lawful but couldn’t name the law under which it is allowed.
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.
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".
He said that Huerta was “exercising his lawful right to be present and observe these immigration raids.”
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