Meaning of lawful | Babel Free

Definitions

1. legal
2. Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.
3. statutory
4. Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.
5. Of a character: having an alignment which makes them tend to follow the laws and conventions of society.
6. legit

Equivalents

Examples

“Lawful money is always a land⟳ asset and can only be issued by an actual land⟳ jurisdiction government — not a corporation.”

“The laws are controversial. Forcing someone to work⟳ during a lawful strike⟳ is a major step. It was always likely to inflame a situation, and so it proved with LNER. ASLEF's counter-tactic came as a five-day walkout, which would have⟳ been the longest stoppage for many years had LNER not withdrawn its plan⟳.”

“Or would they have⟳ it believed, that there is in their ſelves ſome ſuperior ſanctity, ſome peculiar privilege, by which theſe things are lawful to them, which are unlawful to all the world beſides?”

“[…] so that the person's actions are merely the inevitable product of lawful causes stemming from prior events […]”

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