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le⋅gal
[lee-guh
l] 
–adjective
| 1. | permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal. |
| 2. | of or pertaining to law; connected with the law or its administration: the legal profession. |
| 3. | appointed, established, or authorized by law; deriving authority from law. |
| 4. | recognized by law rather than by equity. |
| 5. | of, pertaining to, or characteristic of the profession of law or of lawyers: a legal mind. |
| 6. | Theology.
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–noun
| 7. | a person who acts in a legal manner or with legal authority. |
| 8. | an alien who has entered a country legally. |
| 9. | a person whose status is protected by law. |
| 10. | a fish or game animal, within specified size or weight limitations, that the law allows to be caught and kept during an appropriate season. |
| 11. | a foreigner who conducts espionage against a host country while working there in a legitimate capacity, often in the diplomatic service. |
| 12. | legals, authorized investments that may be made by fiduciaries, as savings banks or trustees. |
Related forms:
le⋅gal⋅ly, adverb
Synonyms:
3. licit, legitimate, sanctioned.
3. licit, legitimate, sanctioned.
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| le·gal (lē'gəl) adj.
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin lēgālis, from lēx, lēg-, law; see leg- in Indo-European roots.] le'gal·ly adv. |
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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. 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. 3. (Law) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets. --Bouvier. --Burrill. 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.
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legal
adj. Loosely used to mean `in accordance with all the relevant rules', esp. in connection with some set of constraints defined by software. "The older =+ alternate for += is no longer legal syntax in ANSI C." "This parser processes each line of legal input the moment it sees the trailing linefeed." Hackers often model their work as a sort of game played with the environment in which the objective is to maneuver through the thicket of `natural laws' to achieve a desired objective. Their use of `legal' is flavored as much by this game-playing sense as by the more conventional one having to do with courts and lawyers. Compare language lawyer, legalese.
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legal
1447 (implied in legality) "of or pertaining to the law," from L. legalis "legal, pertaining to the law," from lex (gen. legis) "law," possibly related to legere "to gather," on notion of "a collection of rules" (see lecture). Sense of "permitted by law" is from 1647. The O.Fr. form was leial, loial (see leal, loyal). Legalese "the language of legal documents" first recorded 1914.
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LEGAL
- A New York Stock Exchange data bank of enforcement actions, investor complaints, and member audits.
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Main Entry: le·gal
Pronunciation: 'lE-g&l
Function: adjective
Etymology: Latin legalis, from leg- lex law
1 : of or relating to law or the processes of law legal question>
2 a : deriving authority from or founded on law legal tariff rate> legal government> b : fulfilling the requirements of law legal voter> c : having a status derived from law : recognized as such by law legal certainty> d : created by operation of esp. statutory law <legal incompetence> legal presumption> —compare CONVENTIONAL 1, JUDICIAL 2 e : established by law
3 : conforming to or permitted by law : LAWFUL legal>
4 : recognized or made effective under principles of law as distinguished from principles of equity : deriving from or existing or valid in law as distinguished from equity —see also EQUITY —compare EQUITABLE
5 a : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the profession of law or one of its members legal department>
Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of Law, © 1996 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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legal
Loosely used to mean "in accordance with all the relevant rules", especially in connection with some set of constraints defined by software. "The older =+ alternate for += is no longer legal syntax in ANSI C." "This parser processes each line of legal input the moment it sees the trailing linefeed." Hackers often model their work as a sort of game played with the environment in which the objective is to maneuver through the thicket of "natural laws" to achieve a desired objective. Their use of "legal" is flavoured as much by this game-playing sense as by the more conventional one having to do with courts and lawyers. Compare language lawyer, legalese.
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