Legal

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  • adjective. Of, relating to, or concerned with law.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Established or recognized by law.
  • adjective. Authorized by law.
  • adjective. Established legally other than by statute, as by a judicial opinion.
  • adjective. In conformity with or permitted by law.
  • adjective. Recognized or enforced by law rather than by equity.
  • adjective. In terms of or created by the law.
  • adjective. Applicable to or characteristic of attorneys or their profession.
  • adjective. Acceptable or allowable under official rules.
  • noun. undefined
  • noun. A person who is legally authorized to live and work in a country.
  • noun. A person or department providing legal assistance.
  • noun. A legal notice, especially an advertisement.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Pertaining or relating to law; connected with the law: as, legal doctrines or studies; a legal document or controversy; legal arguments.
  • According or conformable to law; permitted or warranted by the law or laws; lawful; not forbidden by law; having the force of law: as, the action is strictly legal; legal traffic or commerce.
  • Pertaining to the provisions or administration of the law; determined by or in accordance with law; judicial: as, legal proceedings; a legal opinion or decision; a legal standard or test.
  • Amenable to remedy or punishment by law as distinguished from equity: as, legal waste; legal irregularity.
  • Created by law; recognized by law: as, legal incapacity; a legal infant; legal crimes.
  • In theology, according to the Mosaic law or dispensation; according or pertaining to the doctrine of reliance on good works for salvation, as distinguished from that of free grace.
  • Synonyms and Legitimate, etc. (see lawful); legalized, authorized, allowable, just, constitutional.
  • noun. In Scots law, same as legal reversion (which see, under I.).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.
  • adjective. According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.
  • adjective. Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity
  • adjective. See under Cap.
  • adjective. That currency, or money, which the law authorizes a debtor to tender and requires a creditor to receive. It differs in different countries.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Relating to the law or to lawyers, as in legal profession.
  • adjective. Having its basis in the law, such as legal precedent.
  • adjective. Being allowed or prescribed by law, such as a legal motion.
  • adjective. Above the age of consent, most often concerning attractive but young adolescent girls.
  • noun. Paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
  • adjective. of or relating to jurisprudence
  • adjective. having legal efficacy or force
  • adjective. relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
  • adjective. allowed by official rules
  • Word Usage
    "They point out that in the legal sense put forth by the constitution there is no reason to think that a fetus is a *legal* person."
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    illegal  
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    Eagle  Segal  beagle  eagle  extralegal  
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