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1. (adj.) legal
permitted by law; lawful:
Such acts are not legal.
2. legal
of or pertaining to law; connected with the law or its administration:
the legal profession.
3. legal
appointed, established, or authorized by law; deriving authority from law.
4. legal
recognized by law rather than by equity.
5. legal
of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the profession of law or of lawyers:
a legal mind.
6. (n.) legal
a person who acts in a legal manner or with legal authority.
7. legal
a person whose status is protected by or in accordance with law.
8. legal
legals, authorized investments that may be made by fiduciaries, as savings banks or trustees.
Etymology: (1490–1500; < L lēgālis of the law =lēg-, s. of lēx law +-ālis -al1)
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| Definition of 'legal' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) legal
established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
2. (adj) legal
of or relating to jurisprudence
"legal loophole"
3. (adj) legal, sound, effectual
having legal efficacy or force
"a sound title to the property"
4. (adj) legal
relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
"the legal profession"
5. (adj) legal
allowed by official rules
"a legal pass receiver"
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1. (adjective) legal
≠ illegal
above the legal speed limit; The transaction was legal.; a legal immigrant
2. legal
relating to law or lawyers
legal advice/documents/fees; a legal battle/challenge
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| Definition of 'legal' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) legal
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. (adj) legal
according to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation
3. (adj) legal
according to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses
4. (adj) legal
governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets
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The New Hacker's Dictionary |
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1. legal
Loosely used to mean ‘in accordance with all the relevant
rules’, esp. in connection with some set of constraints defined by
software. “The older =+ alternate for += is no longer legal syntax
in ANSI C.” “This parser processes each line of legal input
the moment it sees the trailing linefeed.” Hackers often model their
work as a sort of game played with the environment in which the objective
is to maneuver through the thicket of ‘natural laws’ to achieve
a desired objective. Their use of legal is flavored as much by this game-playing
sense as by the more conventional one having to do with courts and lawyers.
Compare language lawyer,
legalese.
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Sense: lawful; allowed by the law
Is it legal to bring gold watches into the country?; a legal contract.
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 Afrikaans: wetlik |
 Arabic: قانوني |
 Bulgarian: правен |
 Brazilian: legal |
 Czech: legální |
 German: legal |
 Danish: lovlig; retsmæssig |
 Greek: νόμιμος |
 Spanish: legal |
 Estonian: seaduslik |
 Farsi: قانونی |
 Finnish: laillinen |
 French: légal |
 Hebrew: חוּקִי |
 Hindi: कानूनी |
 Croatian: zakonit |
 Hungarian: törvényes |
 Indonesian: legal |
 Icelandic: löglegur |
 Italian: legale |
 Japanese: 合法の |
 Korean: 적법한 |
 Lithuanian: įstatymo leidžiamas, atit |
 Latvian: legāls, likumīgs |
 Malay: sah di sisi undang-undang |
 Dutch: wettig, wettelijk |
 Norwegian: lovlig, legal, lovfestet |
 Polish: prawny, legalny |
 Persian: قانونی |
 Pashto: قانونى |
 Portuguese: legal |
 Romanian: legal |
 Russian: законный; легальный |
 Slovak: legálny |
 Slovenian: zakonit |
 Serbian: zakonit |
 Swedish: laglig |
 Thai: ถูกกฎหมาย |
 Turkish: yasaya uygun, yasal, kanu |
 Taiwanese: 合法的 |
 Ukrainian: законний; легальний |
 Urdu: قانونی |
 Vietnamese: thuộc pháp luật |
 Chinese: 合法的 |
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