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  • 61lawful issue — As used in will the words primarily and generally mean descendants, In re Marsh s Will, 143 Misc. 609, 257 N.Y.S. 514, 521; including descendants more remote than children. In re Woodcock s Will, Sur., 55 N.Y.S.2d 656, 658. At common law, the… …

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  • 62lawful representatives — Where real property is involved as subject matter, term lawful representatives includes or means legal heirs. Where personal property is involved the term, when not qualified by context, is limited to executors and administrators …

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  • 63lawful business — A business lawful as to all who wish to engage in it. Re Co operative Law Co. 198 NY 479, 92 NE 15 …

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  • 64lawful charges — Impositions lawfully imposed. Charges made in accord with rates prescribed by law. As the term is used in a statute requiring a party who redeems from a mortgage foreclosure sale to pay all lawful charges, it is one of very large signification… …

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  • 65lawful day — A day which is lawful for the transaction of business or the making of a particular contract. See legal holiday; nonjuridical day; Sunday …

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  • 66lawful issue — In the broader sense, all the descendants of a person; the technical equivalent of heirs of the body. 57 Am J1st Wills § 1379. Primarily words of limitation, but words of purchase where it appears on the face of a will that the clause should be… …

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  • 67lawful rate — The rate for transportation which a carrier must exact and which the shipper must pay. Duholm v Chicago, N. & St. P. Ry. Co. 146 Minn 1, 177 NW 772. See lawful interest; legal interest …

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  • 68lawful war — A war which is lawful by the law of nations. A thing which can never exist without the express concurrence of the war making power. 56 Am J1st War § 5 …

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  • 69lawful — adjective /ˈlɔːfəl/ Conforming to, permitted by, or recognised by law or rules. Syn: just, legitimate, licit, permissible Ant: unlawful …

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  • 70lawful — Synonyms and related words: actionable, admissible, allowable, allowed, applicable, authentic, authoritative, authorized, balanced, binding, bona fide, candid, card carrying, cogent, competent, consistent, constitutional, de jure, defensible,… …

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