lawfulness

English

noun

Definitions

Property of being lawful, of obeying the law.
Property of operating in a manner organized by certain laws.

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English laufulnes affix from English lawful.

Origin

English

lawful

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Cognates and derived terms

law English
lawful English
lawfully English
nonlawful English
unlawful English
unlawfulness English
laufulnes Middle English
laweful Middle English