What does lawful mean?
Lawful means (law) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society..
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/ˈlɔːfl̩/ · adjective
(law) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society..
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counter-tactic came as a five-day walkout, which would have been the longest stoppage for many years had LNER not withdrawn its plan.
[Pete] Hegseth demanded full and unrestricted access to all Anthropic’s AI models for every lawful purpose.
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 […]
Use lawful when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lawful means (law) Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society..
Common synonyms include de jure, lawful, legal, legitimate.
Possible antonyms include forbidden, unlawful, nonlawful, illicit.
Lawful money is always a land asset and can only be issued by an actual land jurisdiction government — not a corporation.
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