Legal

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Of, relating to, or concerned with law: legal papers.
  • adj. Authorized by or based on law: a legal right.
  • adj. Established by law; statutory: the legal owner.
  • adj. In conformity with or permitted by law: legal business operations.
  • adj. Recognized or enforced by law rather than by equity.
  • adj. In terms of or created by the law: a legal offense.
  • adj. Applicable to or characteristic of attorneys or their profession.
  • n. One that is in accord with certain rules or laws.
  • n. Investments that may be legally made by fiduciaries and certain institutions, such as savings banks and insurance companies. Also called legal list.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adj. Relating to the law or to lawyers, as in legal profession.
  • adj. Having its basis in the law, such as legal precedent.
  • adj. Being allowed or prescribed by law, such as a legal motion.
  • adj. Above the age of consent, most often concerning attractive but young adolescent girls.
  • n. Paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm).
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law.
  • adj.
  • adj. According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.
  • adj. According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.
  • adj. Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity
  • 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.
  • n. In Scots law, same as legal reversion (which see, under I.).
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
  • adj. of or relating to jurisprudence
  • adj. having legal efficacy or force
  • adj. relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
  • adj. allowed by official rules
  • Equivalent
    judicial    court-ordered    sanctioned    legitimate    statutory    juristic    lawful    jural    ratified    licit   
    Antonym
    illegal   
    Form
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    authorized    legitimate    lawful    constitutional    licit   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Eagle    Segal    beagle    eagle    extralegal    illegal    paralegal    regal    reigle    spiegel   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    political    scientific    civil