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lawful
adjective as in allowable, legitimate
Weak matches
- bona fide
- canonical
- card-carrying
- commanded
- condign
- decreed
- due
- enacted
- enforced
- enjoined
- established
- innocent
- judged
- judicial
- jural
- juridical
- jurisprudent
- just
- kosher
- legalized
- legislated
- legit
- legitimatized
- licit
- mandated
- of right
- official
- on the level
- on the up and up
- ordained
- ordered
- passed
- protected
- ruled
- vested
- warrantable
- warranted
Example Sentences
All servicemembers have a legal obligation to obey lawful orders, the Defense Department said.
A witness told his brother and attorneys that the 44-year-old Mexican immigrant, who doesn’t have lawful immigration status, was taken into custody by immigration authorities on Oct.
Breton was convicted of various offences but was acquitted at a retrial after arguing the search of his property had not been lawful.
The defendants failed to maintain a program for lawful storage on-site, leading in some cases to hazardous waste leaking while in containers, according to court documents.
White House spokeswoman Abigail Jackson said that the president “is well within his lawful authority to deploy the National Guard in Washington D.C. to protect federal assets and assist law enforcement with specific tasks.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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