lawful
Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.
Example
“Lawful money is always a land asset and can only be issued by an actual land jurisdiction government — not a corporation.”
Other meanings
Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.
Of a character: having an alignment which makes them tend to follow the laws and conventions of society.
Related words
- unlawfulness
- lawful evil
- lawful good
- lawful neutral
- lawful day
- lawful interception
- lawfully
- lawfulness
- lawful money
- awful but lawful
- lawful but awful
Word history
From Middle English "laweful".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “lawful” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.