Found 3 items, similar to legal.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: legal
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: legal
legal
adj 1: established by or founded upon law or official or accepted
rules [ant:
illegal]
2: of or relating to jurisprudence;
“legal loophole”
3: having legal efficacy or force;
“a sound title to the
property” [syn:
sound]
4: relating to or characteristic of the profession of law;
“the
legal profession”
5: allowed by official rules;
“a legal pass receiver”
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Legal
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.
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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.
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3. (Law) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from
the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.
--Bouvier. --Burrill.
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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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