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lawfull

lawfull is the archaic spelling of lawful.

Meaning of lawful

Adjective

lawful (comparative more lawful, superlative most lawful)

  1. Conforming to, or recognised by the laws of society.
    • Lawful money is always a land asset and can only be issued by an actual land jurisdiction government — not a corporation.
    Synonyms:
    just, legal, legitimate, licit
  2. Operating according to some law or fundamental principle.
    • Or would they have it believed, that there is in their ſelves ſome ſuperior ſanctity, ſome peculiar privilege, by which theſe things are lawful to them, which are unlawful to all the world beſides?1776, Jeremy Bentham, “A Short Review of the Declaration”, in John Lind, An Anſwer to the Declaration of the American Congress, London: Thomas Cadell, page 121
  3. (roleplaying games) Of a character: having an alignment which makes them tend to follow the laws and conventions of society.

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Questions about lawfull

What is lawfull the archaic spelling of?
Lawfull is the archaic spelling of lawful.

Words near lawfull in the dictionary

  1. lawful interception
  2. lawful interceptions
  3. lawful money
  4. lawful moneys
  5. lawful neutral
  6. lawfull
  7. lawfully
  8. lawfulness
  9. lawfulnesses
  10. lawfuls
  11. Lawgi

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