About The Word Legal
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Legal
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What's The Definition Of Legal?
[adj] (sports) allowed by official rules; "a legal pass receiver"
[adj] established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules [adj] having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property" [adj] of or relating to jurisprudence; "legal loophole" [adj] relating to or characteristic of the profession of law; "the legal profession" Synonyms | Synonyms for Legal: eligible | ineligible | judicial | jural | juristic | lawful | legitimate | licit | ratified | sanctioned | sound | statutory | sub judice | valid Related Terms | Find terms related to Legal: acceptable | actionable | admissible | allowable | applicable | authoritative | authorized | balanced | binding | booked | cogent | competent | consistent | constitutional | defensible | deserved | documented | down | due | enrolled | entered | equitable | even | evenhanded | fair | fair and square | filed | fit | forensic | good | indexed | inscribed | judicial | judiciary | juridical | just | justiciable | justifiable | justified | kosher | lawful | lawmaking | legislative | legit | legitimate | legitimized | level | licit | logged | logical | meet | meet and right | merited | minuted | of record | official | on file | on record | on the books | permissible | permitted | posted | proper | recorded | registered | right | right and proper | rightful | sanctionable | sanctioned | self-consistent | solid | sound | square | statutory | substantial | sufficient | valid | warrantable | warranted | weighty | well-founded | well-grounded | within the law | written down See Also | Legal In Webster's Dictionary \Le"gal\ (l[=e]"gal), a. [L. legalis, fr. lex, legis, law;
prob. orig., that which lies or is fixed (cf. L. lectus bed),
and if so akin to E. lie, law: cf. F. l['e]gal. Cf. {Lie} to
be prostrate, {Loyal}, {Leal}.]
1. Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating
to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test;
a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything
is legal which the laws do not forbid.
2. (Theol.)
(a) According to the law of works, as distinguished from
free grace; or resting on works for salvation.
(b) According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in
accordance with the law of Moses.
3. (Law) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from
the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.
--Bouvier. --Burrill.
{Legal cap}. See under {Cap}.
{Legal tender}.
(a) The act of tendering in the performance of a contract
or satisfaction of a claim that which the law
prescribes or permits, and at such time and place as
the law prescribes or permits.
(b) That currency, or money, which the law authorizes a
debtor to tender and requires a creditor to receive.
It differs in different countries.
Syn: Lawful; constitutional; legitimate; licit; authorized.
See {Lawful}.
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