lawful

«lawful» in Mova's school dictionary: allowed by the law, legal — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (lawful)

meaning for a pupil

1) Lawful means allowed by the law, legal. tree →

2) Lawful can also mean obeying the law or right according to rules. tree →

sense in the lessons

In citizenship and social studies lessons, lawful actions follow a country's laws; unlawful ones break them. In stories and games, a lawful character follows rules and respects order. Police must act in a lawful way too. Phrases: lawful owner, lawful right, lawful behaviour, lawful and unlawful.

examples

• It is lawful to ride a bike on this path. tree →
• The police must use only lawful methods. tree →
• She is the lawful owner of the house. tree →
• Fishing here without a licence is not lawful. tree →
• Citizens have the lawful right to vote. tree →
• In the story, the knight was lawful and fair. tree →
• The first care of Adrastus was to aid Polynices in regaining possession of his lawful share in the government of Thebes. tree →

note

A formal word; «legal» is more common. Opposite: «unlawful» or «illegal». Noun: law. Adverb: lawfully. Laws differ between countries, so something lawful in one country may be unlawful in another.

In the corpora

• But if a man be just, and do that which is lawful and right,
• And when the wicked turneth from his wickedness, and doeth that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «lawful» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.