In accordance with the law of the land; according to the law; permitted, sanctioned, or justified by law "Lawful" properly implies a thing conformable to or enjoined by law; "Legal", a thing in the form or after the manner of law or binding by law A writ or warrant issuing from any court, under color of law, is a "legal" process however defective See legal
{s} legal, legally valid, permitted by law; legitimate, permissible; living according to the law
Legal; warranted or authorized by the law; having the qualifications prescribed by law; not contrary to nor forbidden by the law (Page 1032) TOP
conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent" authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government" according to custom or rule or natural law
If an activity, organization, or product is lawful, it is allowed by law. It was lawful for the doctors to treat her in whatever way they considered was in her best interests Hunting is a lawful activity. = legal unlawful, illegal + lawfully law·ful·ly Amnesty International is trying to establish whether the police acted lawfully in shooting him. unlawfully. allowed or recognized by law = legal
having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"