Definitions for Legally
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1. legally, lawfully, de jureadverb

   by law; conforming to the law

   "we are lawfully wedded now"

2. legallyadverb

   in a legal manner

   "he acted legally"

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1. legallyadverb

   As permitted by law; not contrary to law.

   You can legally park in the lot on weekends without paying the fee, they won't ticket you.

2. legallyadverb

   From a legal perspective.

   Legally, I think you are covered, but there are angry guys with baseball bats outside.

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1. Legallyadverb

   Lawfully; according to law.

   Etymology: from legal.

   A prince may not, much less may inferior judges, deny justice, when it is legally and competently demanded. Taylor.

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1. legally

   Law is a set of rules that are created and are enforceable by social or governmental institutions to regulate behavior, with its precise definition a matter of longstanding debate. It has been variously described as a science and as the art of justice. State-enforced laws can be made by a group legislature or by a single legislator, resulting in statutes; by the executive through decrees and regulations; or established by judges through precedent, usually in common law jurisdictions. Private individuals may create legally binding contracts, including arbitration agreements that adopt alternative ways of resolving disputes to standard court litigation. The creation of laws themselves may be influenced by a constitution, written or tacit, and the rights encoded therein. The law shapes politics, economics, history and society in various ways and serves as a mediator of relations between people. Legal systems vary between jurisdictions, with their differences analysed in comparative law. In civil law jurisdictions, a legislature or other central body codifies and consolidates the law. In common law systems, judges may make binding case law through precedent, although on occasion this may be overturned by a higher court or the legislature. Historically, religious law has influenced secular matters and is, as of the 21st century, still in use in some religious communities. Sharia law based on Islamic principles is used as the primary legal system in several countries, including Iran and Saudi Arabia.The scope of law can be divided into two domains. Public law concerns government and society, including constitutional law, administrative law, and criminal law. Private law deals with legal disputes between individuals and/or organisations in areas such as contracts, property, torts/delicts and commercial law. This distinction is stronger in civil law countries, particularly those with a separate system of administrative courts; by contrast, the public-private law divide is less pronounced in common law jurisdictions.Law provides a source of scholarly inquiry into legal history, philosophy, economic analysis and sociology. Law also raises important and complex issues concerning equality, fairness, and justice.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:2.5 / 2 votes

1. Legallyadverb

   in a legal manner

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1. legallyadverb

   Permitted by law.

   They were legally allowed to put their cars at the village as free car spaces were now allowed everywhere.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 30, 2020  

British National Corpus

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   Rank popularity for the word 'Legally' in Adverbs Frequency: #405

How to pronounce Legally?

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Examples of Legally in a Sentence

1. European Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova:

   We have to build a bridge between our data protection authorities and those of the USA and put it into a legally binding text, we should manage that by the next meeting on Dec. 17.

2. Kristian Bush:

   I wasn’t able to contact anyone who got hurt, there was nobody to call, nobody to talk to. Legally, no one knew what to do. They said, ‘Look, you’ve got to be quiet.’ So that’s what I did. This literally might be the first time I’ve talked to a person I’m not related to about it.

3. Ethan Crumbley:

   We are not legally required to store your weapon in a safe manner.

4. Sandhya Pillai:

   Legally it is banned, but it is a socially accepted practice, nobody feels that it is not OK to give or take dowry, irrespective of the law.

5. Daniel Conkle:

   This 'license-to-discriminate' argument that seems to have this relentless repetition is just legally wrong, it is as if you just keep repeating something often enough it takes on a life of its own.

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