'Legal' definitions:
Definition of 'legal'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules [ant: illegal]
adjective
Of or relating to jurisprudence; "legal loophole"
adjective
adjective
Relating to or characteristic of the profession of law; "the legal profession"
adjective
Allowed by official rules; "a legal pass receiver"
Definition of 'Legal'
From: GCIDE
- Legal \Le"gal\ (l[=e]"gal), a. [L. legalis, fr. lex, legis, law; prob. orig., that which lies or is fixed (cf. L. lectus bed), and if so akin to E. lie, law: cf. F. l['e]gal. Cf. Lie to be prostrate, Loyal, Leal.]
- 1. 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. (Theol.) (a) According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation. (b) According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses. [1913 Webster]
- 3. (Law) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets. --Bouvier. --Burrill. [1913 Webster]
- Legal cap. See under Cap.
- Legal tender. (a) The act of tendering in the performance of a contract or satisfaction of a claim that which the law prescribes or permits, and at such time and place as the law prescribes or permits. (b) That currency, or money, which the law authorizes a debtor to tender and requires a creditor to receive. It differs in different countries.
- Syn: Lawful; constitutional; legitimate; licit; authorized. See Lawful. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'legal'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acceptable,
- actionable,
- admissible,
- allowable,
- applicable,
- authoritative,
- authorized,
- balanced,
- binding,
- booked,
- cogent,
- competent,
- consistent,
- constitutional,
- defensible,
- deserved,
- documented,
- down,
- due,
- enrolled,
- entered,
- equitable,
- even,
- evenhanded,
- fair,
- fair and square,
- filed,
- fit,
- forensic,
- good,
- indexed,
- inscribed,
- judicial,
- judiciary,
- juridical,
- just,
- justiciable,
- justifiable,
- justified,
- kosher,
- lawful,
- lawmaking,
- legislative,
- legit,
- legitimate,
- legitimized,
- level,
- licit,
- logged,
- logical,
- meet,
- meet and right,
- merited,
- minuted,
- of record,
- official,
- on file,
- on record,
- on the books,
- permissible,
- permitted,
- posted,
- proper,
- recorded,
- registered,
- right,
- right and proper,
- rightful,
- sanctionable,
- sanctioned,
- self-consistent,
- solid,
- sound,
- square,
- statutory,
- substantial,
- sufficient,
- valid,
- warrantable,
- warranted,
- weighty,
- well-founded,
- well-grounded,
- within the law,
- written down
Words containing 'Legal'
- Legalism,
- Legality,
- Legalization,
- Legalize,
- Legalized,
- Legalizing,
- Legally,
- Legal cap,
- Legal person,
- Legal tender,
- legal action,
- legal age,
- legal assistant,
- legal blindness,
- legal brief,
- legal code,
- legal community,
- legal counselor,
- legal document,
- legal duty,
- legal expert,
- legal fee,
- legal fraud,
- legal guardian,
- legal holiday,
- legal injury,
- legal instrument,
- legal jointure,
- legal opinion,
- legal ouster,
- legal philosophy,
- legal power,
- legal principle,
- legal proceeding,
- legal profession,
- legal relation,
- legal representation,
- legal representative,
- legal residence,
- legal right,
- legal separation,
- legal status,
- legal system,
- legal transfer,
- Medico-legal