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legal expert
  • n  a legal scholar versed in civil law or the law of nations
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legal fraud
  • n  comprises all acts or omissions or concealments involving breach of equitable or legal duty or trust or confidence
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legal guardian
  • n  a person (or institution) to whom legal title to property is entrusted to use for another's benefit
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legal holiday
  • n  authorized by law and limiting work or official business
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legal injury
  • n  any harm or injury resulting from a violation of a legal right
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legal instrument
  • n  (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right
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legal jointure
  • n  (law) an estate secured to a prospective wife as a marriage settlement in lieu of a dower
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legal opinion
  • n  the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
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legal ouster
  • n  the expulsion of someone (such as a tenant) from the possession of land by process of law
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legal philosophy
  • n  the branch of philosophy concerned with the law and the principles that lead courts to make the decisions they do
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legal power
  • n  (law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law
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legal principle
  • n  (law) a principle underlying the formulation of jurisprudence
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legal proceeding
  • n  (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
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legal profession
  • n  the body of individuals qualified to practice law in a particular jurisdiction
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legal relation
  • n  a professional relation that is regulated by law (as between a lawyer and a client)
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