He is the lawful owner of the company.
Source: tatoeba (290623)
Lawful
Synonyms for "lawful" (278 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (56)
Adjective(17 words)
legitimateabidingaboveboardapprovedcivil order frameworkcivil order guidelinescivil order principlescivil orderingcivil progressionconstitutional authorityconstitutional checks and balancesconstitutional doctrineconstitutional provisionsconstitutional scholarshipconstitutional settlementdanish data protection lawdanish lov
actionableadmissibleallowableallowedapplicableauthenticauthoritativeauthorizedbalancedbindingbona fidecandidcard carryingcard-carryingcogentcompetentconsistentconstitutionalcrazyde jure
Show 4 more words
Noun(13 words)
civil code swedencivil orderedcivil suitcivilized conductcivilly orderedconstitutional amendmentsconstitutional crisisconstitutional federationconstitutional frameworkconstitutional powerconstitutional provisionconstitutional reformsdanish contract law compliance
Verb(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
de jure
Strong matches (83)
Noun(26 words)
due process orientedgovernmentally administeredhalalhiring contractitalian legittimolaw-related adjectivelawfully conductedlawfully executedlawfully obtainedlawfully regulatedlegal actlegal bodylegal compliancelegal conceptlegal descriptorlegal documentlegal entitylegal frameworklegal groundslegal instrument
Show 6 more words
legal matterlegal orderlegal personhoodlegal proposallegal regulationlegal-code standards
effectualequitableevenevenhandedfairfair and squarefitfollowing the letterformalgenuinegoodhonesthonest-to-godinartificialjudicialjuridicaljustjusticiablejustifiablejustified
Adjective(33 words)
genuine eventjudicial systemjuridical personlaglike swedishlegallegal agreementlegal authenticationlegal burial contextlegal conditionlegal disciplinelegal disputelegal documentslegal domainlegal entitieslegal mandatelegal matterslegal measurelegal mechanismlegal movelegal process
Show 13 more words
legal protectionslegal requirementslegal rightlegal rightslegal rulelegal standardlegal statuseslegal subjectlegal tabletlegal textlegal theorieslegal time limitlegal validity
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (139)
Verb(3 words)
Noun(16 words)
legally valid agreementmore legalmost constitutionalmost legalmost roman citizenlymost swedish lagorder maintaining lawspublic ordersregulatory compliancerule of lawrule-of-law standardsstatutorily compliantstatutorily regulatedstatutory provisionstatutory rulewell governed society
Adjective(28 words)
legislation-basedlegitimate businesslegitimate claimlegitimate sellerlegitimate uselicitnoncriminalnoncriminal provisionorderly societypermittedregulatory actionrightfulrule-governedsanctionedstatutory guidelinestatutory guidelinesstatutory mandatestatutory processstatutory requirementsstatutory tax
legislativelegitlegitimatelegitimizedlevellicitlifelikeliterallogicalmeetmeet and rightmeritednaturalnaturalisticofficialoriginalpermissiblepermittedproperpure
Show 66 more words
realrealisticrightright and properrightfulsanctionablesanctionedself-consistentsimon puresimon-puresimplesinceresolidsoundsquarestatutorysterlingsubstantialsufficientsure enoughsure-enoughtrue to lifetrue to naturetrue to realityunadulteratedunaffectedunassumedunassuminguncoloredunconcocteduncopieduncounterfeitedundisguisedundisguisingundistortedunexaggeratedunfabricatedunfancifulunfeignedunfeigningunfictitiousunflatteringunimaginedunimitateduninventedunpretendedunpretendingunqualifiedunromanticunsimulatedunspeciousunsyntheticunvarnishedvalidverbalverbatimveridicalverisimilarwarrantablewarrantedweightywell-foundedwell-groundedwithin the lawword for wordword-for-word
Adjective(2 words)
Adverb(1 words)
more swedish lag
Determiner(3 words)
more valid reasoningmost civil progress indexmost legal code
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
3 entrieslegal conceptlegal termpolicy term
More specific
4 entriesCollocations
5 entrieslawful authoritylawful conductlawful contractlawful ownerlawful search
Inflections
2 entriesmore lawfulmost lawful
Derivations
3 entriesAntonyms
1 entriessimilar
10 entriesSample sentences
14 total sentences available.
He recognized his son as lawful heir.
Source: tatoeba (300988)
I think putting thieves to death is not lawful; and it is plain and obvious that it is absurd and of ill consequence to the commonwealth that a thief and a murderer should be equally punished.
Source: tatoeba (733861)
We need to handle this in a lawful manner.
Source: tatoeba (812468)
Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.