'Legal cap' definitions:
Definition of 'Legal cap'
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]
Definition of 'Legal cap'
From: GCIDE
- Cap \Cap\ (k[a^]p), n. [OE. cappe, AS. c[ae]ppe, cap, cape, hood, fr. LL, cappa, capa; perhaps of Iberian origin, as Isidorus of Seville mentions it first: "Capa, quia quasi totum capiat hominem; it. capitis ornamentum." See 3d Cape, and cf. 1st Cope.]
- 1. A covering for the head; esp. (a) One usually with a visor but without a brim, for men and boys; (b) One of lace, muslin, etc., for women, or infants; (c) One used as the mark or ensign of some rank, office, or dignity, as that of a cardinal. [1913 Webster]
- 2. The top, or uppermost part; the chief. [1913 Webster]
- Thou art the cap of all the fools alive. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A respectful uncovering of the head. [1913 Webster]
- He that will give a cap and make a leg in thanks. --Fuller. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Zool.) The whole top of the head of a bird from the base of the bill to the nape of the neck. [1913 Webster]
- 5. Anything resembling a cap in form, position, or use; as: (a) (Arch.) The uppermost of any assemblage of parts; as, the cap of column, door, etc.; a capital, coping, cornice, lintel, or plate. (b) Something covering the top or end of a thing for protection or ornament. (c) (Naut.) A collar of iron or wood used in joining spars, as the mast and the topmast, the bowsprit and the jib boom; also, a covering of tarred canvas at the end of a rope. (d) A percussion cap. See under Percussion. (e) (Mech.) The removable cover of a journal box. (f) (Geom.) A portion of a spherical or other convex surface. [1913 Webster]
- 6. A large size of writing paper; as, flat cap; foolscap; legal cap. [1913 Webster]
- Cap of a cannon, a piece of lead laid over the vent to keep the priming dry; -- now called an apron.
- Cap in hand, obsequiously; submissively.
- Cap of liberty. See Liberty cap, under Liberty.
- Cap of maintenance, a cap of state carried before the kings of England at the coronation. It is also carried before the mayors of some cities.
- Cap money, money collected in a cap for the huntsman at the death of the fox.
- Cap paper. (a) A kind of writing paper including flat cap, foolscap, and legal cap. (b) A coarse wrapping paper used for making caps to hold commodities.
- Cap rock (Mining), The layer of rock next overlying ore, generally of barren vein material.
- Flat cap, cap See Foolscap.
- Forage cap, the cloth undress head covering of an officer of soldier.
- Legal cap, a kind of folio writing paper, made for the use of lawyers, in long narrow sheets which have the fold at the top or "narrow edge."
- To set one's cap, to make a fool of one. (Obs.) --Chaucer.
- To set one's cap for, to try to win the favor of a man with a view to marriage. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster]