LAWFUL

a.

2 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.

2.
a.

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.


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