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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
The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security also said that the majority of sightings appear to be lawful, manned flights.
He also denies a charge of being in illegal possession of a knife, claiming he had a "lawful reason" to be carrying it.
Mr Sentamu also denies illegal possession of a blade, claiming he had a "lawful reason" for carrying it.
“If unaddressed, any ambiguity on the lawful use of military force, coupled with President-elect Trump’s demonstrated intent to utilize the military in such dangerous and unprecedented ways, may prove to be devastating,” the letter reads.
He faces additional charges of escaping from lawful custody.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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