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641 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LAW.34 (Noah Webster)
Hence the phrase, to go to law, to prosecute; to seek redress in a legal tribunal.
642 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LAW.39 (Noah Webster)
Law language, the language used in legal writings and forms, particularly the Norman dialect or Old French, which was used in judicial proceedings from the days of William the conqueror to the 36th year of Edward III.
643 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LAWFUL.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Agreeable to law; conformable to law; allowed by law; legal; legitimate. That is deemed lawful which no law forbids, but many things are lawful which are not expedient.
644 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LAWFULLY.1 (Noah Webster)
LAWFULLY, adv. Legally; in accordance with law; without violating law. We may lawfully do what the laws do not forbid.
645 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LAWFULNESS.1 (Noah Webster)
LAWFULNESS, n. The quality of being conformable to law; legality. The lawfulness of an action does not always prove its propriety or expedience.
646 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEGAL.1 (Noah Webster)
LEGAL, a. [L. legalis, from lex, legis, law.]
647 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEGAL.2 (Noah Webster)
1. According to law; in conformity with law; as a legal standard or test; a legal procedure.
648 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEGAL.3 (Noah Webster)
2. Lawful; permitted by law; as a legal trade. Anything is legal which the laws do not forbid.
649 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEGAL.6 (Noah Webster)
The exception must be confined to legal crimes.
650 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEGALITY.1 (Noah Webster)
LEGALITY, n.
651 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEGALIZE.1 (Noah Webster)
LEGALIZE, v.t.
652 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEGALIZE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. To make lawful; to render conformable to law; to authorize. What can legalize revenge?
653 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEGALIZE.3 (Noah Webster)
2. To sanction; to give the authority of law to that which is done without law or authority. Irregular proceedings may be legalized by a subsequent act of the legislature.
654 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEGALLY.1 (Noah Webster)
LEGALLY, adv. Lawfully; according to law; in a manner permitted by law.
655 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LEGITIMATENESS.1 (Noah Webster)
LEGITIMATENESS, n. legality; lawfulness; genuineness.
656 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIBERTINE.2 (Noah Webster)
1. Among the Romans, a freedman; a person manumitted or set free from legal servitude.
657 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LICENSE.6 (Noah Webster)
1. To permit by grant of authority; to remove legal restraint by a grant of permission; as, to license a man to keep an inn.
658 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIEN.2 (Noah Webster)
LIEN, n. [supra.] A legal claim; as a lien upon land.
659 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIFE.41 (Noah Webster)
26. The state of being in force, or the term for which an instrument has legal operation; as the life of an execution.
660 Noah Webster’s 1828 Dictionary, p. LIGHT.71 (Noah Webster)
17. Not of legal weight; clipped; diminished; as light coin.