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Lawfully   /lˈɔfəli/   Listen
Lawfully

adverb
1.
In a manner acceptable to common custom.  Synonyms: legitimately, licitly.  Antonyms: illegitimately, illicitly, lawlessly.
2.
By law; conforming to the law.  Synonyms: de jure, legally.  Antonym: unlawfully.



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"Lawfully" Quotes from Famous Books



... Roman doctrine of Purgatory might subscribe the Articles with a good conscience. Similarly, the Articles condemned 'the sacrifices of masses', but they did not condemn 'the sacrifice of the Mass'. Thus, the Mass might be lawfully celebrated in English Churches. Newman took the trouble to examine the Articles in detail from this point of view, and the conclusion he came to in every case supported his contention ...
— Eminent Victorians • Lytton Strachey

... "And, lawfully," said Gwen, "Mrs. Fitzherbert was his legal wife. Nothing can be clearer. Yes—I should say certainly call the big room Mrs. Fitzherbert. Whom shall you call the ...
— When Ghost Meets Ghost • William Frend De Morgan

... were unaccustomed to. To this pious stratagem the members of Religious Orders were unwilling to have recourse, their distinctive habit being, in their opinion, almost essential to their profession, or at least so fitting that it might never lawfully be ...
— The Spirit of St. Francis de Sales • Jean Pierre Camus

... aware of the facts but ourselves—therefore no one will think of attempting to relocate the 'Laughing Water' ground, lawfully, at six o'clock on the morning of the rush. But we will be on hand, with the law at our backs, and quietly take possession of the property, on which—as it is reservation ground—the ...
— The Furnace of Gold • Philip Verrill Mighels

... wife, real or personal, owned by her before marriage or lawfully acquired afterward, by gift, bequest or purchase, is her separate estate and is not liable for the debts of the husband without her written consent in legal form. It remains, however, under his care and management, but he can not charge ...
— The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV • Various


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