lawfulness
n . 适法;合法
适法;合法
lawfulness n 1 :
the quality of conforming to law [
ant : {
unlawfulness }]
Lawful \
Law "
ful \,
a .
1 .
Conformable to law ;
allowed by law ;
legitimate ;
competent .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
Constituted or authorized by law ;
rightful ;
as ,
the lawful owner of lands .
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1913 Webster ]
{
Lawful age },
the age when the law recognizes one '
s right of independent action ;
majority ; --
generally the age of twenty -
one years .
Also called {
legal age }
or {
age of majority }.
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1913 Webster PJC ]
Note :
In some of the States ,
and for some purposes ,
a woman attains lawful age at eighteen . --
Abbott .
Syn :
Legal ;
constitutional ;
allowable ;
regular ;
rightful .
Usage : {
Lawful }, {
Legal }.
Lawful means conformable to the principle ,
spirit ,
or essence of the law ,
and is applicable to moral as well as juridical law .
Legal means conformable to the letter or rules of the law as it is administered in the courts ;
conformable to juridical law .
Legal is often used as antithetical to equitable ,
but lawful is seldom used in that sense . --
{
Law "
ful *
ly },
adv . -- {
Law "
ful *
ness },
n .
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1913 Webster ]
52 Moby Thesaurus words for "
lawfulness ":
actionability ,
admissibility ,
admissibleness ,
allowableness ,
applicability ,
constitutional validity ,
constitutionalism ,
constitutionality ,
defensibility ,
drumhead justice ,
due process ,
dueness ,
equitableness ,
equity ,
evenhandedness ,
give -
and -
take ,
jurisdiction ,
justice ,
justiciability ,
justifiability ,
justifiableness ,
justification ,
justness ,
legal form ,
legal process ,
legalism ,
legality ,
legitimacy ,
legitimateness ,
licitness ,
measure for measure ,
meetness ,
nemesis ,
permissibility ,
permissibleness ,
poetic justice ,
properness ,
propriety ,
retributive justice ,
right ,
rightfulness ,
rightness ,
rude justice ,
sanctionableness ,
scales of justice ,
scope ,
summary justice ,
validity ,
warrantability ,
warrantableness ,
warrantedness ,
what is right
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