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legitimate
Sanctioned by law or custom; lawful
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  1. Sanctioned by law or custom; lawful
  2. Being in accordance with established or accepted rules and standards:
  3. Of, relating to, or ruling by hereditary right:
legal
(Informal) At or above the statutory age at which one may, variously, consent to sexual intercourse, purchase alcoholic beverages, etc.
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  1. (Informal) At or above the statutory age at which one may, variously, consent to sexual intercourse, purchase alcoholic beverages, etc.
  2. Established legally other than by statute, as by a judicial opinion:
  3. Established or recognized by law:
rightful
Held or owned by just or proper claim:
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  1. Held or owned by just or proper claim:
  2. By right, by law.
  3. Belonging or owned by just or lawful claim, or by right
just
(Law) Valid within the law; lawful:
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  1. (Law) Valid within the law; lawful:
  2. Consistent with what is morally right; righteous:
  3. Legally right; lawful; rightful
right
Closer to the right side of a person directly before and facing the thing mentioned or understood
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  1. Closer to the right side of a person directly before and facing the thing mentioned or understood
  2. Having a right angle:
  3. In or into a satisfactory state or condition:
valid
Having legal force; properly executed and binding under the law
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  1. Having legal force; properly executed and binding under the law
  2. Having merit, as in, “given the facts presented in this case, it is valid to conclude that she did what she was charged with having done.”
  3. Acceptable, proper or correct.
statutory
Enacted, regulated, or authorized by statute.
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  1. Enacted, regulated, or authorized by statute.
  2. Declared by statute to be such, and hence legally punishable
  3. Fixed, authorized, or established by statute
passed
That has passed a given qualification or examination; qualified.
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  1. That has passed a given qualification or examination; qualified.
  2. That has passed beyond a certain point (chiefly in set collocations).
ordered
(comparative more ordered, superlative most ordered)
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  1. (comparative more ordered, superlative most ordered)
authorized
Explicitly allowed.
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  1. Explicitly allowed.
  2. Given authority
  3. Established or justified by authority
constitutional
Of or proceeding from the basic structure or nature of a person or thing; inherent:
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  1. Of or proceeding from the basic structure or nature of a person or thing; inherent:
  2. Consistent with, sanctioned by, or permissible according to a constitution:
  3. Relating to a legal or political constitution.
official
Authorized by or contained in the US Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary. Used of drugs.
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  1. Authorized by or contained in the US Pharmacopoeia or National Formulary. Used of drugs.
  2. By, from, or with the proper authority; authorized or authoritative
  3. Characteristic of or befitting a person of authority; formal:
protected
Defended.
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  1. Defended.
  2. (Computing, of a variable, method, etc.) Having the protected access modifier, indicating that a program element is accessible to subclasses but not to the program in general.
licit
Permitted; lawful
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  1. Permitted; lawful
  2. Permitted by law; legal.
vested
(The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): dressed or clothed, especially in vestments
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  1. (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought): dressed or clothed, especially in vestments
  2. Having full ownership rights, especially after certain conditions such as a period of service, have been met:
  3. (Law) Settled, fixed, or absolute; being without contingency:
canonical
Of, relating to, or required by canon law.
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  1. Of, relating to, or required by canon law.
  2. Stated or used in the most basic and straightforwardly applicable manner.
  3. According to recognised or orthodox rules.
innocent
Candid; straightforward:
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  1. Candid; straightforward:
  2. Not guilty of a specific crime or offense; legally blameless:
  3. Not dangerous or harmful; innocuous:
legal
Acceptable or allowable under official rules:
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  1. Acceptable or allowable under official rules:
  2. Established legally other than by statute, as by a judicial opinion:
  3. Authorized by law:
legitimate
Sanctioned by law or custom; lawful
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  1. Sanctioned by law or custom; lawful
  2. Being in accordance with established or accepted rules and standards:
  3. Valid or justifiable:
licit
Permitted; lawful
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  1. Permitted; lawful
  2. Permitted by law; legal.
legit
(Slang, US) cool (considered to be the real deal)
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  1. (Slang, US) cool (considered to be the real deal)
  2. (Informal) Legitimate
  3. (Informal) legitimate; legal; allowed by the rules
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  • few weeks later the Polish commander-in-chief formed a whole series of conspiracies for the purpose of dethroning his lawful sovereign, and openly placed himself beneath the protection of Louis XIV.

  • c. i, and, without admitting that the canons of the church, which are not binding on the laity, could specify a lawful cause for rejection, held that no lawful cause within the meaning of either the canons or the rubric had been shown.

  • Young Adams graduated from Harvard College in 1740, and three years later, on attaining the degree of A.M., chose for his thesis, "Whether it be Lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate, if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved."

  • Or would she be merely submitting to his lawful privileges?

  • on matters of faith arose, "a lawful and free council, determining according to Scripture, is the best judge on earth."

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