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lawfulness

/law-fuhl/US // ˈlɔ fəl //UK // (ˈlɔːfʊl) //

合法性,合法化,依法性,法律性

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adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : allowed or permitted by law; not contrary to law: a lawful enterprise.
    • : recognized or sanctioned by law; legitimate: a lawful marriage; a lawful heir.
    • : appointed or recognized by law; legally qualified: a lawful king.
    • : acting or living according to the law; law-abiding: a lawful man; a lawful community.

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Examples

  • Read the full storyJenny Cudd was arrested and charged in federal court with entering a restricted building or grounds without lawful authority and violent entry or disorderly conduct.

  • The Anne Arundel County police Department also supports all lawful expressions of freedom of speech and assembly.

  • While the illegal invasion of the Capitol by armed insurrectionists on Wednesday also revealed serious security flaws, it contrasted starkly with the lawful actions of British soldiers in 1814.

  • A now-recused prosecutor defended their actions this spring as part of a lawful “citizen’s arrest,” arguing that defendant Travis McMichael had grounds to use deadly force in self-defense.

  • Perhaps more than any other moment, this knocks Gaines down our “good” and “lawful” scales.

  • The assurance that a fact of Covenanting is predicted is a substantial argument for its lawfulness.

  • It was his duty to make a return on that day; a decision as to the lawfulness of the election pertained to the house of commons.

  • They had ministers of their own appointment, and denied the lawfulness of oaths and of capital punishment.

  • The Elkins law, therefore, explicitly made the published tariff the standard of lawfulness.

  • In one thing, then, did Francis mishear the edict of lawfulness.