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legal
/ˈli ɡəl/
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established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
legal meaning(s)
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- (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
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- There is a acrimonious debate going on in a lot of countries regarding prostitution being made legal.
- Is there a case for assisted suicides to be made legal?
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legal action
a judicial proceeding brought by one party against another; one party prosecutes…
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legal age
the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
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legal assistant
a person with specialized training who assists lawyers
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legal blindness
vision that is 20/200 or worse in both eyes (20/200 vision is the ability…
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legal brief
a document stating the facts and points of law of a client's case
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legal code
a code of laws adopted by a state or nation
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legal community
the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
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legal document
(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants…
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legal duty
acts which the law requires be done or forborne
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legal expert
a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
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legal fee
a fee paid for legal service
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legal fraud
comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable…
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legal guardian
a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted…
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legal holiday
authorized by law and limiting work or official business
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legal injury
any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
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legal instrument
(law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants…
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legal jointure
(law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement…
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legal opinion
the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
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legal ouster
the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land…
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legal philosophy
the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles…
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legal power
(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
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legal principle
(law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence
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legal proceeding
(law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments…