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Meanings of lawfully in English

Portuguese
legitimamente

In a manner acceptable to common custom.

      legitimamente
      Portuguese
      legalmente

      By law; conforming to the law.

          legalmente
          Usage of lawfully in English
          1
          Immigration New Zealand confirmed the man is now lawfully in New Zealand.
          Radio NZ
          2
          Before that, I have been in the UK lawfully for some years.
          The South African
          3
          Objection 1: It would seem that one may lawfully hope in man.
          Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
          4
          On the other hand, none of the institutions functions properly or lawfully.
          Crime and Corruption
          5
          Objection 1: It would seem that parish priests cannot lawfully enter religion.
          Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
          6
          Therefore a man cannot lawfully steal in order to remedy a need.
          Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
          7
          No silver coin of full legal tender could then be lawfully issued.
          Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet / ...
          8
          Our native, land: may we never be lawfully sent out of it.
          Routledge's Manual of Etiquette
          9
          Therefore the judge can lawfully loose a guilty man from his punishment.
          Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) / Translated by ...
          10
          So those of us who married for an allowance were behaving lawfully?
          Radio NZ
          11
          A federal review of Brown's slaying found that officer Wilson acted lawfully.
          Reuters
          12
          We want to know certain facts, and then we can proceed lawfully.
          Keith of the Border: A Tale of the Plains
          13
          This admirable man desires to have you as his lawfully wedded wife.
          The Goose Man
          14
          Death-dealing weapons, such as revolvers and dirks, cannot lawfully be carried concealed.
          Studies in Civics
          15
          You must strive, and that lawfully, lest some one take your crown.
          Food for the Lambs; or, Helps for Young Christians
          16
          But if they are not lawfully married, then their children are bastards.
          The lady elizabeth
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