adj. conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent"

adj. authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law; "a legitimate government"

adj. having a legally established claim; "the legitimate heir"; "the true and lawful king"

adj. according to custom or rule or natural law

adj. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet"

adj. formally supported especially by public statement

adj. sanctioned by established authority; "an authoritative communique"; "the authorized biography"

adj. that may be permitted especially as according to rule; "permissible behavior in school"; "a permissible tax deduction"

adj. established by authority; given authoritative approval; "a list of approved candidates"

adj. relating to or part of a binding legal agreement; "contractual obligations"

adj. well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract"; "a valid license"

adj. free from favoritism or self-interest or bias or deception; or conforming with established standards or rules; "a fair referee"; "fair deal"; "on a fair footing"; "a fair fight"; "by fair means or foul"

adj. logically valid; "a sound argument"

adj. financially secure and safe; "sound investments"; "a sound economy"

adj. characteristic of or befitting a person in authority; "formal duties"; "an official banquet"

adj. established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules

adj. free from error; especially conforming to fact or truth; "the correct answer"; "the correct version"; "the right answer"; "took the right road"; "the right decision"

adj. in conformance with justice or law or morality; "do the right thing and confess"

adj. correct in opinion or judgment; "time proved him right"

adj. having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property"

adj. based on known statements or events or conditions; "rain was a logical expectation, given the time of year"

adj. exercising or showing good judgment; "healthy scepticism"; "a healthy fear of rattlesnakes"; "the healthy attitude of French laws"; "healthy relations between labor and management"; "an intelligent solution"; "a sound approach to the problem"; "sound advice"; "no sound explanation for his decision"

adj. characterized by order and planning; "the investigation was very systematic"; "a systematic administrator"

adj. marked by system or regularity or discipline; "a quiet ordered house"; "an orderly universe"; "a well regulated life"

adj. marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact; "an exact mind"; "an exact copy"; "hit the exact center of the target"

adj. endowed with authority

adj. established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules

adj. characterized by honesty and fairness; "straight dealing"; "a square deal"

adj. decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice; "a judicial decision"

adj. formally approved and invested with legal authority

adj. prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute; "statutory restrictions"; "a statutory age limit"; "statutory crimes"; "statutory rape"

adj. before a judge or court of law; awaiting judicial determination

adj. born in wedlock; enjoying full filial rights

adj. (of marriages) of a marriage between one of royal or noble birth and one of lower rank; valid but with the understanding that the rank of the inferior remains unchanged and offspring do not succeed to titles or property of the superior

adj. occurring or done each day; "a daily record"; "day-by-day labors of thousands of men and women"- H.S.Truman; "her day-after-day behavior"; "an every day occurrence"

adj. of members of a team; not substitutes

adj. occurring at fixed times or predictable intervals; "made her routine trip to the store"

adj. ordered well; "well-ordered work habits"

adj. conforming to set usage, procedure, or discipline; "in prescribed order"

adj. made regular

adj. having similarity in size, shape, and relative position of corresponding parts

adj. regularly spaced in time; "closely timed intervals"

adj. evenly spaced; "at regular (or uniform) intervals"

adj. (used of verbs) having standard (or regular) inflection

adj. contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law; "unlawful measures"; "unlawful money"; "unlawful hunters"

adj. prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"

adj. lax in enforcing laws; "a wide-open town"

adj. disobedient to or defiant of law; "lawless bands roaming the plains"

adj. prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move"