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Word Meanings - LAWFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent. 2. Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands. Lawful age, the age when the law recognizes one's right of independent action; majority; -- generally the

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1. Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent. 2. Constituted or authorized by law; rightful; as, the lawful owner of lands. Lawful age, the age when the law recognizes one's right of independent action; majority; -- generally the age of twenty-one years. Note: In some of the States, and for some purposes, a woman attains lawful age at eighteen. Abbott. Syn. -- Legal; constitutional; allowable; regular; rightful. -- Lawful, Legal. Lawful means conformable to the principle, spirit, or essence of the law, and is applicable to moral as well as juridical law. Legal means conformable to the letter or rules of the law as it is administered in the courts; conformable to juridical law. Legal is often used as antithetical to equitable, but lawful is seldom used in that sense. -- Law"ful*ly, adv. -- Law"ful*ness, n.

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  • RIGHT-RUNNING
    Straight; direct.
  • REGULARITY
    The condition or quality of being regular; as, regularity of outline; the regularity of motion.
  • HONESTY
    Satin flower; the name of two cruciferous herbs having large flat pods, the round shining partitions of which are more beautiful than the blossom; -- called also lunary and moonwort. Lunaria biennis is common honesty; L. rediva is perennial honesty.
  • HONORABLE
    1. Worthy of honor; fit to be esteemed or regarded; estimable; illustrious. Thy name and honorable family. Shak. 2. High-minded; actuated by principles of honor, or a scrupulous regard to probity, rectitude, or reputation. 3. Proceeding from an
  • NATURALIST
    1. One versed in natural science; a student of natural history, esp. of the natural history of animals. 2. One who holds or maintains the doctrine of naturalism in religion. H. Bushnell.
  • EXACTOR
    One who exacts or demands by authority or right; hence, an extortioner; also, one unreasonably severe in injunctions or demands. Jer. Taylor.
  • PROPORTIONATE
    Adjusted to something else according to a proportion; proportional. Longfellow. What is proportionate to his transgression. Locke.
  • EXACTING
    Oppressive or unreasonably severe in making demands or requiring the exact fulfillment of obligations; harsh; severe. "A temper so exacting." T. Arnold -- Ex*act"ing*ly, adv. -- Ex*act"ing*ness, n.
  • NATURAL STEEL
    Steel made by the direct refining of cast iron in a finery, or, as wootz, by a direct process from the ore.
  • RIGHTEOUSNESS
    The state of being right with God; justification; the work of Christ, which is the ground justification. There are two kinds of Christian righteousness: the one without us, which we have by imputation; the other in us, which consisteth of faith,
  • LEGALITY
    1. The state or quality of being letter of the law.
  • CONSTITUTIONALIST
    One who advocates a constitutional form of government; a constitutionalist.
  • SOUNDER
    One who, or that which; sounds; specifically, an instrument used in telegraphy in place of a register, the communications being read by sound.
  • EXACTLY
    In an exact manner; precisely according to a rule, standard, or fact; accurately; strictly; correctly; nicely. "Exactly wrought." Shak. His enemies were pleased, for he had acted exactly as their interests required. Bancroft.
  • UPRIGHTNESS
    the quality or state of being upright.
  • HONORABLENESS
    1. The state of being honorable; eminence; distinction. 2. Conformity to the principles of honor, probity, or moral rectitude; fairness; uprightness; reputableness.
  • REGULARIA
    A division of Echini which includes the circular, or regular, sea urchins.
  • EXACTION
    1. The act of demanding with authority, and compelling to pay or yield; compulsion to give or furnish; a levying by force; a driving to compliance; as, the exaction to tribute or of obedience; hence, extortion. Take away your exactions from my
  • LICIT
    Lawful. "Licit establishments." Carlyle. -- Lic"it*ly, adv. -- Lic"it*ness, n.
  • SOUNDLESS
    Not capable of being sounded or fathomed; unfathomable. Shak.
  • DISPROPORTIONALLY
    In a disproportional manner; unsuitably in form, quantity, or value; unequally.
  • APOSTOLICISM; APOSTOLICITY
    The state or quality of being apostolical.
  • SUPERNATURALNESS
    The quality or state of being supernatural.
  • ELICITATION
    The act of eliciting. Abp. Bramhall.
  • IMPROPORTIONATE
    Not proportionate.
  • BRIGHT
    See I
  • HIGH-SOUNDING
    Pompous; noisy; ostentatious; as, high-sounding words or titles.
  • RESOUND
    resonare; pref. re- re- + sonare to sound, sonus sound. See Sound to 1. To sound loudly; as, his voice resounded far. 2. To be filled with sound; to ring; as, the woods resound with song. 3. To be echoed; to be sent back, as sound. "Common fame
  • DISHONESTY
    1. Dishonor; dishonorableness; shame. "The hidden things of dishonesty." 2 Cor. iv. 2. 2. Want of honesty, probity, or integrity in principle; want of fairness and straightforwardness; a disposition to defraud, deceive, or betray; faithlessness.
  • INEXACTLY
    In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately. R. A. Proctor.
  • DISPROPORTIONABLE
    Disproportional; unsuitable in form, size, quantity, or adaptation; disproportionate; inadequate. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*ble*ness, n. Hammond. -- Dis`pro*por"tion*a*bly, adv.
  • DISPROPORTIONALITY
    The state of being disproportional. Dr. H. More.
  • IRREGULARITY
    The state or quality of being irregular; that which is irregular.
  • PRETERNATURALITY
    Preternaturalness. Dr. John Smith.
  • INEXACT
    Not exact; not precisely correct or true; inaccurate.

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