What does Legalize mean?

Definitions for Legalize
ˈli gəˌlaɪzle·gal·ize

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. legalize, legalise, decriminalize, decriminalise, legitimize, legitimise, legitimate, legitimatize, legitimatiseverb

    make legal

    "Marijuana should be legalized"

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To Legalizeverb

    To authorize; to make lawful.

    Etymology: legaliser, French; from legal.

    If any thing can legalize revenge, it should be injury from an extremely obliged person: but revenge is so absolutely the peculiar of heaven, that no consideration can impower, even the best men, to assume the execution of it. Robert South, Sermons.

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  1. legalize

    Legalize refers to the act of making something that is currently illegal or not authorized, permissible and acceptable under the law or officially recognized and enforceable by the law.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Legalizeverb

    to make legal

  2. Legalizeverb

    to interpret or apply in a legal spirit

  3. Etymology: [Cf. F. lgaliser.]

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Legalize in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Legalize in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Legalize in a Sentence

  1. Steve Kubby:

    I’m on the record totally opposing this law [California Proposition 64] that does not legalize marijuana.

  2. Pilar Gil Navarro:

    One of the issues that I want to deal with is legal, safe and free abortion, in the Macri government, there is no Ministry of Health, showing that a lot would have to happen to legalize abortion, which is something Fernandez said is important as a matter of public health.

  3. Planned Parenthood:

    Eyal Press writes in The New Yorker. Audm subscribers can listen to that article.)In the rest of today’s newsletter, we look more closely at the 10 states.Furthest alongInitiatives seem most likely to happen soon in two states.In Ohio, a coalition of abortion rights groups is collecting signatures to place an initiative on the ballot this year that would protect access through roughly the first 24 weeks of pregnancy. For now, most abortions remain legal in Ohio, thanks to a court ruling blocking a ban.In South Dakota, organizers are optimistic that they can collect the signatures needed for an initiative next year. It is a compromise measure that would seek to reinstate the minimum access required by the Roe v. Wade decision. All abortions would be legal in the first trimester (roughly 12 weeks), and some would be in the second trimester.Early effortsIn several other states, efforts have begun, but they’re less advanced.In Missouri, advocates have not yet settled on one approach. Some petitions — an early step to putting an initiative on the ballot — would protect most abortion access until 24 weeks of pregnancy. Others would be narrower and let the state enact parental consent laws.In Florida, where Gov. Ron DeSantis recently signed a near-total ban, advocates are hoping to place an initiative on the ballot that would allow most abortions until 24 weeks. But the state’s pro-marijuana movement helps highlight the slowness of the effort: Organizers of a 2024 ballot initiative to legalize marijuana have already raised $30 million and collected nearly all the required signatures — while organizers of an abortion initiative are just getting started.Arizona has tough rules for ballot initiatives, requiring hundreds of thousands of signatures on a petition.

  4. The Democratic candidate:

    John Fetterman wants to legalize all drugs.

  5. Bernie Sanders:

    We will end the so-called war on drugs, turns out, who knew this, but it turns out, through executive order a president can legalize marijuana in every state in this country.

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