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Legal   /lˈigəl/   Listen
adjective
Legal  adj.  
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.
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.
Synonyms: Lawful; constitutional; legitimate; licit; authorized. See Lawful.





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"Legal" Quotes from Famous Books



... The author of "Legal Lyrics," a small volume of humorous songs, printed for private circulation, George Outram, was born in the vicinity of Glasgow in 1805. His father, a native of England, was partner and manager in the Clyde Iron Works. In 1827 he was called to the Scottish bar, and practised ...
— The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume VI - The Songs of Scotland of the Past Half Century • Various
... on!" cried her father. "Why, if you had your own way, you would be man and wife within the legal period—in ...
— Poor Relations • Honore de Balzac
... allowed to remain in the hands of the wrong heir. Had that been consonant with his ideas of justice he would not have made his visit to Hap House this morning. Right must have its way, and if it should be that Lady Fitzgerald's marriage with Sir Thomas had not been legal, Owen, on Sir Thomas's death, must become Sir Owen, and Herbert could not become Sir Herbert. So much to the mind of Mr. Prendergast was as clear as crystal. Let justice be done, even though these Castle Richmond heavens should ...
— Castle Richmond • Anthony Trollope
... impressing his seal on the Tablet Marduk proved his ownership of the Tablet, and made his claim to it legal.] ...
— The Babylonian Legends of the Creation • British Museum
... if you are asking about your legal chance of getting half of that ten dollars from the lawyer," Dick answered, "then I'm afraid you stand a poor show. If the lawyer won't pay you the money, then you would have to sue him. Even if you won the suit, the fight ...
— The High School Boys' Training Hike • H. Irving Hancock


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