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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

Abiding the law; waiting for the operation of law for the enforcement of rights; also, abiding by the law; obedient to the law;

as,

law-abiding

people

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Law′breakˊing

Noun.

Adj.

law-abiding ‎(not comparable)

Obeying the laws of society; not a lawbreaker; without a criminal record.
The law-abiding citizens have nothing to fear from government surveillance...unless the government begins to break the law.

obeying the laws