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Meanings, Synonyms, Etymology, Translations and More
Meaning of Legal
lawful; according to common law as distinguished from equity; conforming to law; permitted or not forbidden by law.
Synonyms of Legal
adjective
according to the law
allowable
allowed
approved
authorized
authorized by law
cognizable in courts of law
constitutional
decreed
enforceable in a court of law
established bylaw
good and effectual in law
governed by law
in conformity with law
lawful
legalized
legitimate
legitimus
licit
permissible
permitted by law
prescribed
prescribed by law
proper
quod ex lege
recognized by the law
required by law
rightful
sanctioned
secundum leges fit
statutory
sufficient in law
valid
warranted
within the law
Associated Concepts: legal action
legal age
legal arrest
legal beneficiaries
legal capacity to sue
legal cause
legal claim
legal consideration
legal damages
legal detriment
legal disability
legal duty
legal entity
legal heir
legal notice
legal obligation
legal presumption
legal proceedings
legal process
legal remedy
legal representative
legal tender
legal title
foreign phrases: Idpossumusquoddejurepossumus
We may do only that which we are able to do lawfully
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Legal in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims
Latin legalis. Pertaining to the understanding, the exposition, the administration, the science and the practice of law: as, the legal profession, legal advice; legal blanks, newspaper. Implied or imputed in law. Opposed to actual. "Legal" looks more to the letter, and "Lawful" to the spirit, of the law. "Legal" is more appropriate for conformity to positive rules of law; "Lawful" for accord with ethical principle. "Legal" imports rather that the forms of law are observed, that the proceeding is correct in method, that rules prescribed have been obeyed; "Lawful" that the right is actful in substance, that moral quality is secured. "Legal" is the antithesis of "equitable", and the equivalent of "constructive". 2 Abbott's Law Dict. 24.
Note: This legal definition of Legal in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.
English Spanish Translation of Legal
Legal, jurídico, legítimo; lícito, permitido por la Ley
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Grammar
This term is an adjetive.
Etimology of Legal
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mid-15c. "of or pertaining to the law," from Old French légal "legal" (14c.) or directly from Latin legalis "pertaining to the law," from lex (genitive legis) "an enactment; a precept, regulation, principle, rule; formal proposition for a law, motion, bill; a contract, arrangement, contrivance. This probably is related to legere "to gather," from PIE root *leg- (1) "to collect, gather," with derivatives meaning "to speak (to 'pick out words')." Perhaps the noun is from the verb on the notion of "a collection of rules," but de Vaan seems to imply that the evolution is the reverse: The verb legare and its compounds all have a meaning which involves a 'task, assignment,' and can therefore be interpreted as derivatives of lex 'law.' The [Proto-Italic] root noun *leg- 'law' can be interpreted as a 'collection' of rules. Whether the root noun existed already in PIE is uncertain for lack of precise cognates. Sense of "permitted by law" is from 1640s. Related: Legally. Not etymologically related to law; this term is also a noun., q.v. The usual Old French form was leial, loial (see leal, loyal). Legal tender "money which the creditor is bound by law to accept" is from 1740 (see tender (n.2)). A legal holiday (1867) is one established by statute or proclamation and during which government business is usually suspended.
Definition of Legal
In relation to social issues, a meaning of legal is provided here: according to the law; permitted by law; lawful