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UK
/lˈiːɡəl/
]
[ US /ˈɫiɡəɫ/ ]
[ US /ˈɫiɡəɫ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
- established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
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allowed by official rules
a legal pass receiver -
of or relating to jurisprudence
legal loophole -
having legal efficacy or force
a sound title to the property -
relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
the legal profession
How To Use legal In A Sentence
- Within five years, a unified currency in 1933 the "central" issue of "legal tender" currency has been relatively stable, so Donglai Bank has to resume business.
- · “Adult family member” is defined as “a person over 21 years of age who is the parent, grandparent, step-parent living in the household, or legal guardian” of the pregnant teen. Archive 2009-07-01
- The Canadian police doubted he was a genuine amnesiac and held him on suspicion of being an illegal immigrant.
- Their false testimonies could not be allowed, because at least two of them were needed to coincide in order for the testimony to be legal.
- by lawful/legal means. Lawful tends to be used in technical or literary contexts. The same is true of the opposites, unlawful and illegal, but illegal is used especially about criminal activities. Legal also means 'connected with the law':the US legal system.
- Richard got legal advice from a friend at the gym.
- The figure is expected to double with legal costs and more court battles. The Sun
- As such, hemp is legal in virtually every country on Earth except the United States. Harvey Wasserman: Legal Pot or Bust!
- They wanted me to bring my US passport, and Mexican Visa, but instead of two black and white infantil size photos, they wanted color photos here in Morelos and they only wanted a color copy of the pages in my passport and FM3 visa showing my photo and the page of the FM3 visa that I had then showing the prorrogas (renewals) to verify who I am and that I live here legally. Page 2
- In the late 1980s Craxi indignantly told Frei that he had never committed a single illegal act. Italy's Dirty Linen