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Lawful and by law are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Lawful" instead an adjective phrase "By law".

Lawful adjective - Permitted by law.

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By law and lawful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "By law" instead an adjective "Lawful".

Nearby Words: law, lawless, lawfulness, lawfully

To Be Lawful or Good: Arthur is such a perfect king he respects the rule of law will not arbitrarily break it; this leads to the tragedy of the destruction of his marriage and rise of Mordred by his pained refusal not to defend Guinevere's honour, as by law he has to be judge during the duel.

Source: Film / Excalibur

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