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語源

From lawe +‎ -ful.

発音

• IPA: /ˈlau̯(ə)ful/

形容詞

laweful (plural and weak singular lawefulle)

1. Lawful, legal; allowed by the law or legal system.
   • c. 1471, Joh[annes] fforteſcue, “Heꝛe aft͛ ys schewyd what haꝛme would come to Englond yf the cȏmons theꝛof weꝛe pooꝛe”, in [Governance of England] (Bodleian MS. Digby 145)‎, Adrıan[us] ffoꝛteſcu, published 1532, folio [149, recto]; republished at Oxford: Digital Bodleian, 16 August 2022:

     And alſo ıt wer also gretely ayenſte hıs conſyence that awght to defend them ⁊ theır goodꝰ. ıf he toke from them theır goodꝰ wout lawfull cauſe / ffrom the infamye wherof. god defend owre kyng. and gyue hym gcͣe to augment hıs realme ın ryċeſſe welth ⁊ ꝕſperyte to hıs ꝑpetual laude ⁊ honour /

     And it would also be greatly against his conscience, which should defend them and their possessions, if he took their possessions from them without legal justification. / God defend our king from the infamy of this, and provide him with grace to improve his realm with riches, wealth, and prosperity to his perpetual credit and honour.

2. Morally correct; allowed by one's moral code.
3. Legally or morally required, obligated, or demanded.
4. Following or respecting the local laws.
5. Respectable; highly accepted by society.
6. (rare) Usual, traditional, normal.
7. (rare) Allowed, accepted, permitted.

派生した語

• English: lawful
• Scots: lawfu

参照

• “laueful, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 19 February 2019.