Legal
['liːg(ə)l] or ['ligl]
Definition
(adj.) allowed by official rules; 'a legal pass receiver' .
(adj.) established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules .
(adj.) having legal efficacy or force; 'a sound title to the property' .
(adj.) of or relating to jurisprudence; 'legal loophole' .
(adj.) relating to or characteristic of the profession of law; 'the legal profession' .
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Definition
(a.) 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.
(a.) According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.
(a.) According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.
(a.) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.
Typist: Rachel
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Lawful, legitimate, legalized, authorized or sanctioned (by law), according to law.
Typist: Wolfgang
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Legitimate, lawful, allowable, juridical, constitutional
ANT:Illegal, illegitimate, unlawful, unallowable, lay, unconstitutional
Typist: Morton
Definition
adj. pertaining to or according to law: lawful: created by law: (theol.) according to the Mosaic law or dispensation.—n. Lē′galisātion.—v.t. Lē′galise to make legal or lawful: to authorise: to sanction.—ns. Lē′galism strict adherence to law: (theol.) the doctrine that salvation depends on strict adherence to the law as distinguished from the doctrine of salvation by grace: the tendency to observe the letter rather than the spirit of religious law; Lē′galist; Legal′ity.—adv. Lē′gally.—Legal tender that which can be lawfully used in paying a debt.
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Examples
- If as a set-off (excuse the legal phrase from a barrister-at-law) you would like to ask Tippins to tea, I pledge myself to make love to her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Horace Mann, one of the legal counsel for the defendants in that case. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The modern boss, on the other hand, shelters behind legal forms which he has got hold of and uses for his own ends. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Yes, he took legal proceedings, said Mr. Skimpole. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The church in the thirteenth century was extending its legal power in the world, and losing its grip upon men's consciences. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- It expresses, as it were, the steward of the legal mysteries, the butler of the legal cellar, of the Dedlocks. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- With all deference to you, he said, and with all deference to your legal adviser, I maintain the opinion which I expressed just now. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- True, he hated promiscuity even worse than marriage, and a liaison was only another kind of coupling, reactionary from the legal marriage. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Their training was legal and therefore utterly inadequate, but it was all they had. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- Friend and legal adviser, said Mr. Skimpole. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- They are opposed to the Countess's idea; but she is firm, and insists on a legal opinion. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
- You mentioned just now the alternative of consulting Mr. Fairlie's legal adviser to-morrow. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- No legal papers or certificates? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- The man stepped forward for a few paces, followed by the two friends and their legal adviser. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- But personal service, by clerk or agent, in these cases, you know, Mr. Pickwick--nothing like caution, sir, in all legal forms--eh? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- So much so, I remarked, that of the last six cases which I have added to my notes, three have been entirely free of any legal crime. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- Not yet, said my legal friend. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- You found that, and you placed them in my hands--a legal friend of yours--for security. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- The issue thus being joined, the legal battle raged over different sections of the country. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He was dressed in a legal-looking suit of black, and loomed, burly and large, in that small office. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Augustine promised Tom his liberty, and began the legal forms necessary to it. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I only throw it out as a legal point. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Here again no difficulty could arise with Sir Percival's legal adviser. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- If we had been rich enough to find legal help, what would have been the result? Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Articled clerks have been in the habit of fleshing their legal wit upon it. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But mind this here, my boy, nobody but Pell--nobody but Pell as a legal adwiser. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- If I am in the hands of the law, let things be done in a legal way. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- They drew up a legal agreement to this effect, dated May 27, 1793, and stipulating that all the profits should be equally divided between them. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- We could only hope to succeed in throwing a serious doubt on the assertion of her death, a doubt which nothing short of a legal inquiry can settle. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- In England, gold was not considered as a legal tender for a long time after it was coined into money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
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