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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Valid \Val"id\, adjective [F. valide, F. validus strong, from valere to be strong. See {Valiant}.]
1. Strong; powerful; efficient. [Obs.] ''Perhaps more valid arms . . . may serve to better us.'' --Milton.
2. Having sufficient strength or force; founded in truth; capable of being justified, defended, or supported; not weak or defective; sound; good; efficacious; as, a valid argument; a valid objection.
An answer that is open to no valid exception. --I. Taylor.
3. (Law) Having legal strength or force; executed with the proper formalities; incapable of being rightfully overthrown or set aside; as, a valid deed; a valid covenant; a valid instrument of any kind; a valid claim or title; a valid marriage.
Syn: Prevalent; available; efficacious; just; good; weighty; sufficient; sound; well-grounded.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
valid
adjective
1: well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force; "a valid inference"; "a valid argument"; "a valid contract"; "a valid license" [ant: {invalid}]
2: still legally acceptable; "the license is still valid"
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
153 Moby Thesaurus words for "valid": absolute, acceptable, actionable, adducible, admissible, advantageous, applicable, armipotent, attestative, attested, attestive, auspicious, authentic, authoritative, authorized, based on, beneficial, benevolent, binding, bon, bonny, braw, bueno, capital, certain, circumstantial, cogent, commendable, competent, conclusive, confirmed, consistent, constitutional, convincing, corroborated, cumulative, damning, decisive, definitive, demonstrated, determinative, determined, documentary, documented, dynamic, effective, effectual, elegant, energetic, established, estimable, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, excellent, expedient, eye-witness, factual, fair, famous, favorable, final, fine, firsthand, forceful, forcible, founded on, good, goodly, grand, grounded on, healthy, hearsay, helpful, high-potency, high-powered, high-pressure, high-tension, implicit, in force, in power, incontrovertible, indicative, indisputable, irrefutable, irresistible, judicial, juridical, just, justiciable, kind, kosher, laudable, lawful, lawmaking, legal, legislative, legit, legitimate, licit, logical, material, mighty, mighty in battle, nice, noble, nuncupative, operative, overwhelming, persuasive, pleasant, potent, powerful, prepotent, presumptive, probative, profitable, puissant, regal, reliable, rightful, royal, ruling, sanctioned, satisfactory, satisfying, self-consistent, significant, skillful, solid, sound, splendid, statutory, striking, strong, substantial, substantiated, sufficient, suggestive, sure, symptomatic, telling, useful, validated, verified, very good, vigorous, virtuous, vital, weighty, well-founded, well-grounded, within the law
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
Valid A {dataflow} language. ["A List-Processing-Oriented Data Flow Machine Architecture", Makoto Amamiya et al, AFIPS NCC, June 1982, pp. 143-151]. (1995-02-14)
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