Meaning

1 senses

  1. A character having a lawful alignment.

Examples

6 sentences

  1. He is the lawful owner of the company.

    ruОн законный владелец компании. — afyodor

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  2. He recognized his son as lawful heir.

    ruОн признал своего сына законным наследником. — afyodor

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  3. We need to handle this in a lawful manner.

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  4. Is it lawful to conscript such young men against their will?

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  5. A totally lawless state will be quite lawful carried through space and time.

    deEin völlig gesetzloser Zustand wird völlig gesetzmäßig durch Raum und Zeit getragen. — Manfredo

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Origin

From Middle English laweful, equivalent to law + -ful, conflated with Middle English leful

From Middle English laweful, equivalent to law + -ful, conflated with Middle English leful, leeful, leveful (“according to law, lawful, pertaining to law”). See also leveful.

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Forms

plural: lawfuls
Singularlawful
Plurallawfuls

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
lavishlylawA2lawlesslawlessnesslawmakerB2lawnB2
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