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Meanings of lawful in English
Synonyms
Examples for "orderly"
Examples for "orderly"
1
The SRB is the body that oversees euro zone banks' orderly liquidations.
2
The orderly-sergeant took the sword and tenderly placed it in the scabbard.
3
An orderly workout process, avoiding further market destabilisation, requires coordination and consistency.
4
Friday's deal appeared to put Britain on course for an orderly Brexit.
5
The people of Dublin were quite used to seeing their orderly parades.
1
Art may be pretty, but rule-governed systems rule.
2
It assumes that all meaningful behavior is rule-governed.
3
Overthrow the rule-governed systems.
4
The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton (1921) There are other fictional ways into the rule-governed world of 19th-century Manhattan high society.
Usage of lawful in English
1
Trying to censor lawful speech does not change this fact, he said.
2
We want to work with them to make sure that's absolutely lawful.
3
There were lawful ways to deal with this matter, Theordore Herlich said.
4
The court did not decide whether or not the measure is lawful.
5
The new Queen Katherine is his second lawful wife, after Queen Jane.
6
The site is expected to return to normal lawful activities this afternoon.
7
It is a lawful world; it is not a world of chance.
8
The court ruled that the man was not, therefore, in lawful detention.
9
Unless it is part of a lawful cull or pest-control programme, yes.
10
It is not lawful to speak of the commonwealth, except in council.
11
At present, there are few lawful jurisdictions that can supply medical marijuana.
12
But the authorities always prevented the administration of swift and lawful justice.
13
My husband is about his lawful business somewhere in the Colorado desert.
14
But the diamonds have been lost; at least, to their lawful owner.
15
We still don't and won't block, throttle or discriminate against lawful content.
16
Don't rebel against your lawful rulers, for the good of all civilisation.
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Lawful across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
New Zealand
Common
Ireland
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