Lawful
adjective
Allowed or approved by law.
It's a lawful activity accepted by the government.
Often appears as...
- lawful activity
- lawful action
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Formal
adjective
Being in line with the principles of law and justice.
The judge is a lawful person who follows the law strictly.
Often appears as...
- lawful person
- lawful authority
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Formal, Approving
adjective
Being rightful or having a valid title to a property or position.
John is the lawful owner of that house.
Often appears as...
- lawful owner
- lawful possession
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Formal
adjective
In accordance to the set rules or standards.
The meeting was conducted in a lawful manner.
Often appears as...
- lawful manner
- lawful means
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Formal
adjective
Allowed or approved by law.
It's a lawful activity accepted by the government.
Often appears as...
- lawful activity
- lawful action
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
Being in line with the principles of law and justice.
The judge is a lawful person who follows the law strictly.
Often appears as...
- lawful person
- lawful authority
Usage tips
Formal, Approving
adjective
Being rightful or having a valid title to a property or position.
John is the lawful owner of that house.
Often appears as...
- lawful owner
- lawful possession
Usage tips
Formal
adjective
In accordance to the set rules or standards.
The meeting was conducted in a lawful manner.
Often appears as...
- lawful manner
- lawful means
Usage tips
Formal
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Pro Tip 1/2Government Approval
Focus on activities that have been explicitly allowed by the state or governing bodies.
Her business operates under lawful regulations.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Misuse
"Lawful" doesn't always mean moral; some actions can be legal but still ethically questionable.
He used lawful loopholes to pay less tax.
Pro Tip 1/2Government Approval
Focus on activities that have been explicitly allowed by the state or governing bodies.
Her business operates under lawful regulations.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Misuse
"Lawful" doesn't always mean moral; some actions can be legal but still ethically questionable.
He used lawful loopholes to pay less tax.
Pro Tip 1/2Government Approval
Focus on activities that have been explicitly allowed by the state or governing bodies.
Her business operates under lawful regulations.
Pro Tip 2/2Common Misuse
"Lawful" doesn't always mean moral; some actions can be legal but still ethically questionable.
He used lawful loopholes to pay less tax.
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many people they just go running with their merchandise and the police really aren't running after they can't run after him we just don't have enough people are doing so as we chase them away they come right back it's my judgment that the overwhelming majority of those who are engaged in that unlawful activity now are not the
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Andy Yen: Think your...
Then, you also encrypt the data as it sits on the server itself. But there's a problem with this, and that is, the email servers also hold the encryption keys, so now you have a really big lock with a key placed right next to it. But not only that, any government could lawfully ask for and get the key to your data,
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Catherine Crump: The...
after he had attended dozens of lawful political demonstrations where he liked to sit on a bench and sketch the attendees. License plate readers aren't the only mass location tracking technology available to law enforcement agents today. Through a technique known as a cell tower dump,
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the systems that they use to respond to lawful surveillance requests from the police -- those systems were compromised by the Chinese government, because the Chinese government wanted to figure out which of their own agents the US government was monitoring. By the same token,
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Why there's no such...
that had once given birth to the first Athenians and had nurtured and cared for all of their descendants ever since, with her precious gifts of soils, water, stone and crops. Indeed, if anything should pollute her soils with unlawful bloodshed,
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there's been a talking point in the U.S. government where they've said 15 federal judges have reviewed these programs and found them to be lawful, but what they don't tell you is those are secret judges in a secret court
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Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
in a tough position, as are we, because the companies, we compel them to provide information, just like every other nation in the world does. Every industrialized nation in the world has a lawful intercept program
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Giving situations new...
to aggravate the situation addictions and demolitions that are often very unlawful and totally indefensible are backed by compelling developments our language and technical jargons now quite
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How America's public...
Why were my neighborhood friends learning and reading material that I had done two to three years prior? See, as I got older, I started to have this unlawful feeling in my belly,
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See the Sparks That Set...
the blacks are the blacks now an unlawful assembly disperse the area unless
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LA92 Panel - Live PIPE...
many people they just go running with their merchandise and the police really aren't running after they can't run after him we just don't have enough people are doing so as we chase them away they come right back it's my judgment that the overwhelming majority of those who are engaged in that unlawful activity now are not the
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Andy Yen: Think your...
Then, you also encrypt the data as it sits on the server itself. But there's a problem with this, and that is, the email servers also hold the encryption keys, so now you have a really big lock with a key placed right next to it. But not only that, any government could lawfully ask for and get the key to your data,
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Catherine Crump: The...
after he had attended dozens of lawful political demonstrations where he liked to sit on a bench and sketch the attendees. License plate readers aren't the only mass location tracking technology available to law enforcement agents today. Through a technique known as a cell tower dump,
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How to Avoid Surveillance...
the systems that they use to respond to lawful surveillance requests from the police -- those systems were compromised by the Chinese government, because the Chinese government wanted to figure out which of their own agents the US government was monitoring. By the same token,
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Why there's no such...
that had once given birth to the first Athenians and had nurtured and cared for all of their descendants ever since, with her precious gifts of soils, water, stone and crops. Indeed, if anything should pollute her soils with unlawful bloodshed,
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How we take back the...
there's been a talking point in the U.S. government where they've said 15 federal judges have reviewed these programs and found them to be lawful, but what they don't tell you is those are secret judges in a secret court
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Richard Ledgett: The NSA...
in a tough position, as are we, because the companies, we compel them to provide information, just like every other nation in the world does. Every industrialized nation in the world has a lawful intercept program
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Giving situations new...
to aggravate the situation addictions and demolitions that are often very unlawful and totally indefensible are backed by compelling developments our language and technical jargons now quite
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How America's public...
Why were my neighborhood friends learning and reading material that I had done two to three years prior? See, as I got older, I started to have this unlawful feeling in my belly,
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See the Sparks That Set...
the blacks are the blacks now an unlawful assembly disperse the area unless
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Simon Baron-Cohen
British Psychologist
If we think about the autism spectrum as involving a very strong drive to systemize, that can have very positive consequences for the individual and for society. The downside is that when you try to systemize certain parts of the world like people and emotions, those sorts of phenomena are less lawful and harder to systemize.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.
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Ted Wheeler
American Politician
Peaceful demonstrations are essential to our democratic system. Unfortunately, some individuals have engaged in unlawful and dangerous activity, including arson, rioting, looting, and damaging public and private property.
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John Ruskin
English Writer
There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.
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Preet Bharara
American Public Servant
In some respects, inside information is a form of financial steroid. It is unfair: it is offensive; it is unlawful; and it puts a black mark on the entire enterprise.
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John Linder
American Politician
Mexico takes a hard line on immigration, demanding that visitors to her shores enter lawfully, and show her respect during their stay.
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
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Gary North
Writer
This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
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Robert E. Lee
American General
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
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William Penn
English Leader
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
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Simon Baron-Cohen
British Psychologist
If we think about the autism spectrum as involving a very strong drive to systemize, that can have very positive consequences for the individual and for society. The downside is that when you try to systemize certain parts of the world like people and emotions, those sorts of phenomena are less lawful and harder to systemize.
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Thomas Carlyle
Scottish Philosopher
It were a real increase of human happiness, could all young men from the age of nineteen be covered under barrels, or rendered otherwise invisible; and there left to follow their lawful studies and callings, till they emerged, sadder and wiser, at the age of twenty-five.
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Ted Wheeler
American Politician
Peaceful demonstrations are essential to our democratic system. Unfortunately, some individuals have engaged in unlawful and dangerous activity, including arson, rioting, looting, and damaging public and private property.
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John Ruskin
English Writer
There is hardly anything in the world that some man cannot make a little worse and sell a little cheaper, and the people who consider price only are this man's lawful prey.
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Preet Bharara
American Public Servant
In some respects, inside information is a form of financial steroid. It is unfair: it is offensive; it is unlawful; and it puts a black mark on the entire enterprise.
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John Linder
American Politician
Mexico takes a hard line on immigration, demanding that visitors to her shores enter lawfully, and show her respect during their stay.
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Josh Billings
American Comedian
Honesty is the rarest wealth anyone can possess, and yet all the honesty in the world ain't lawful tender for a loaf of bread.
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Gary North
Writer
This is God's world, not Satan's. Christians are the lawful heirs, not non-Christians.
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Robert E. Lee
American General
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
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William Penn
English Leader
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
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