LEGAL

legal

(adjective) allowed by official rules; “a legal pass receiver”

legal

(adjective) established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules

legal, sound, effectual

(adjective) having legal efficacy or force; “a sound title to the property”

legal

(adjective) of or relating to jurisprudence; “legal loophole”

legal

(adjective) relating to or characteristic of the profession of law; “the legal profession”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Proper noun

Legal

A town in Alberta, Canada

Anagrams

• Galle, egall

Etymology

Adjective

legal (comparative more legal, superlative most legal)

Relating to the law or to lawyers.

Having its basis in the law.

Being allowed or prescribed by law.

(informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.

(US, Canada) (of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm) (also legal-size).

Antonyms

• (allowed): banned, contraband, disallowed, forbidden, illegal, outlawed, unlawful

• (concerning law): black-market, back-alley

• (over age of consent): underage

Noun

legal (countable and uncountable, plural legals)

(uncountable, informal) The legal department of a company.

(uncountable, US, Canada) Paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm).

(countable) A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.

(countable, informal, US) Somebody who immigrated lawfully.

Antonyms: illegal, undocumented

Anagrams

• Galle, egall

Source: Wiktionary

Le"gal, a. Etym: [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. légal. 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)

Definition: 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.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition