licit

adjective2

1. •
   Unforbidden; permitted.

   • Undated, Pope Honorius III Solet Annuere (anonymous translator), Let it not be in any way licit to anyone among men to infringe this page of our confirmation, or to contravene it with rash daring.
2. •
   Explicitly established or constituted by law.

   • The contract validly made and consummated is dissolved by death alone. However, the Church must determine what is required for a valid and licit marriage contract. — 1913