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lawful
adjective /ˈlɔː.fəl/
/ˈlɑː-/ formalDefinition
› allowed by the law: Judge Keenan concluded that the surveillance had been lawful. He said he was going about his lawful business as a journalist.Legal and illegal lawfully
/-i/ adverb
(Definition of lawful adjective from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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