Definition of lawful

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Lawful (a.) Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.

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Regulator :: Regulator (n.) A member of a volunteer committee which, in default of the lawful authority, undertakes to preserve order and prevent crimes; also, sometimes, one of a band organized for the comission of violent crimes..
Seditious :: Seditious (a.) Disposed to arouse, or take part in, violent opposition to lawful authority; turbulent; factious; guilty of sedition; as, seditious citizens..
Lewd :: Lewd (superl.) Suiting, or proceeding from, lustfulness; involving unlawful sexual desire; as, lewd thoughts, conduct, or language..
Mutiny :: Mutiny (v. i.) To rise against, or refuse to obey, lawful authority in military or naval service; to excite, or to be guilty of, mutiny or mutinous conduct; to revolt against one's superior officer, or any rightful authority..
Fornication :: Fornication (n.) Unlawful sexual intercourse on the part of an unmarried person; the act of such illicit sexual intercourse between a man and a woman as does not by law amount to adultery.
Misbegotten :: Misbegotten (p. a.) Unlawfully or irregularly begotten; of bad origin; pernicious.
Sterling :: Sterling (a.) Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used..
Illegal :: Illegal (a.) Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act; illegal trade; illegal love..
Sedition :: Sedition (n.) The raising of commotion in a state, not amounting to insurrection; conduct tending to treason, but without an overt act; excitement of discontent against the government, or of resistance to lawful authority..
Lawful :: Lawful (a.) Conformable to law; allowed by law; legitimate; competent.
Squatter :: Squatter (n.) One who squats; specifically, one who settles unlawfully upon land without a title. In the United States and Australia the term is sometimes applied also to a person who settles lawfully upon government land under permission and restrictions, before acquiring title..
Riotous :: Riotous (a.) Partaking of the nature of an unlawful assembly or its acts; seditious.
Issuable :: Issuable (a.) Lawful or suitable to be issued; as, a writ issuable on these grounds..
Conspiracy :: Conspiracy (n.) An agreement, manifesting itself in words or deeds, by which two or more persons confederate to do an unlawful act, or to use unlawful to do an act which is lawful; confederacy..
Mob :: Mob (n.) A throng; a rabble; esp., an unlawful or riotous assembly; a disorderly crowd..
Mulierty :: Mulierty (n.) Condition of being a mulier; position of one born in lawful wedlock.
Felo-de-se :: Felo-de-se (n.) One who deliberately puts an end to his own existence, or loses his life while engaged in the commission of an unlawful or malicious act; a suicide..
Loot :: Loot (v. t. & i.) To plunder; to carry off as plunder or a prize lawfully obtained by war.
Congeable :: Congeable (a.) Permissible; done lawfully; as, entry congeable..
Disguise :: Disguise (n.) A dress or exterior put on for purposes of concealment or of deception; as, persons doing unlawful acts in disguise are subject to heavy penalties..
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