LEGAL | Meaning, Definition In Cambridge English Dictionary

Meaning of legal in English legaladjective uk /ˈliː.ɡəl/ us /ˈliː.ɡəl/

legal adjective (LAW)

Add to word list Add to word list B2 connected with the law: legal advice a legal obligation/requirement legal status your legal rights legal action/proceedings my legal representatives (= my lawyers) B2 allowed by the law: Is abortion legal in your country? Opposite illegal

• You have a legal obligation to ensure your child receives a proper education.
• It's an organization that offers free legal advice to people on low incomes.
• She won the court case, but she had to pay an enormous amount in legal fees.
• Channel 4 is running a series on the unfairness of the legal system.
• Unless the money is returned, we shall shortly be contacting our legal department.

Legal & illegal

• against the rules
• bang to rights idiom
• bootleg
• chargeable
• concealed carry idiom
• controverted election
• improper
• legality
• legitimately
• licensed
• licit
• licitly
• non-criminal
• shady
• treasonable
• unlawful
• unsanctioned
• validity
• validly
• within the law

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legal adjective (PAPER)

US used to refer to a standard size of paper in the US, 8.5 inches by 14 inches: Your poster should be on letter or legal size paper. Publishing: paper & stationery

• A3
• A5
• acid-free
• assembler
• backspace
• ballpoint pen
• foolscap
• fountain pen
• gift wrap
• gift wrapping
• grammage
• parchment
• pasteboard
• permanent marker
• Post-it note
• propelling pencil
• spitball
• vellum
• wrapping paper
• writing paper

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Mass, area, weight & volume in general

Idiom

make legal history (Definition of legal from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

legal | American Dictionary

legaladjective [ not gradable ] us /ˈli·ɡəl/ Add to word list Add to word list connected with or allowed by the law: the legal profession the legal right to vote

legally

adverb us /ˈli·ɡə·li/ The contract is legally binding. (Definition of legal from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

legal | Business English

legaladjective   LAW uk /ˈliːɡəl/ us Add to word list Add to word list connected with the system of law within a country or area: The department is seeking legal advice on the permitted development rule. There isn't a formal legal agreement that binds us together as a company.a legal battle/dispute Two years of legal battles and delay sent the project's cost spiraling. legal fees allowed by law: The report fails to make a distinction between legal and illegal immigrants. Regulators are reviewing the purchase to make sure it is legal. (Definition of legal from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of legal

legal We want to program a two-person finite game where the players must perform alternate legal moves, until one of them, the loser, cannot move. From the Cambridge English Corpus Despite all of this ethnolinguistic variety, the legal process of obtaining a protective order operates, for the most part, quite systematically. From the Cambridge English Corpus Often, the legal system (and/or its functionaries) serves as a barrier to any proper resolution of the questions surrounding the narrative and plot structure. From the Cambridge English Corpus Thus, it is crucial that the legal and technical communities embark on interdisciplinary research to deal with these issues. From the Cambridge English Corpus They accept that legal systems may exist and that, if they do, their content may be wholly determinate. From the Cambridge English Corpus This view of marriage has been explored through political, legal, demographic, and more recently symbolic perspectives. From the Cambridge English Corpus For example, can the ethic of care be easily incorporated into legislation, or might it ultimately be too discretionary to capture within legal rules? From the Cambridge English Corpus The discussion provides a carefully contextualised examination of the reasons for this particular unlikely legal transformation. From the Cambridge English Corpus We now present the set of typing rules that define the legal terms of the system, but first we introduce some terminology and notation. From the Cambridge English Corpus But let us consider instead the common legal example of a person who wants to be alone on his large estate. From the Cambridge English Corpus The former hinges on the possibility of software agents being regarded as legal persons in the eyes of the law. From the Cambridge English Corpus The author discusses practical issues such as legal status, education, training, consent, and non-medical prescribing. From the Cambridge English Corpus To be more precise, all those in which the legal facts are determined by law practices. 21. From the Cambridge English Corpus Uncertainty, linguistic or otherwise, may lead to legal disputes. From the Cambridge English Corpus The commerce, legal or otherwise, of private individuals was another matter. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of legal These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of legal?

Translations of legal

in Chinese (Traditional) 法律的，法律上的，法律方面的, 合法的，符合法律的, 法律規格紙（在美國使用的一種紙張大小的標準，長14英寸，寬8.5英寸）… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 法律的，法律上的，法律方面的, 合法的，符合法律的, 法律规格纸（在美国使用的一种纸张大小的标准，长14英寸，宽8.5英寸）… See more in Spanish jurídico, legal, legal [masculine-feminine… See more in Portuguese legal, jurídico, judiciário… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian कायदेशीर, कायद्याशी संबंधित, कायद्याला मान्य असलेले… See more 法律の, 合法の, 合法（ごうほう）の… See more kanunlarla/yasalarla ilgili, yasal, kanunî… See more légal/-ale, juridique, légal… See more legal, jurídic… See more wettig, wettelijk, juridisch… See more சட்டத்துடன் இணைக்கப்பட்டுள்ள, சட்டத்தால் அனுமதிக்கப்படக்கூடிய… See more कानूनी, वैध, कानून द्वारा अनुमत… See more કાનૂની, માન્ય (કાયદા દ્વારા)… See more lovlig, retsmæssig, juridisk… See more laglig, juridisk… See more sah di sisi undang-undang, berkaitan dengan undang-undang… See more legal, juristisch… See more lovlig, juridisk, rettslig… See more قانونی, قانوناً درست, جائز… See more законний, легальний, юридичний… See more చట్టానికి సంబంధించిన, చట్టం ద్వారా అనుమతించబడే… See more আইনি, আইন দ্বারা অনুমোদিত… See more legální, právnický… See more legal, hukum… See more ถูกกฎหมาย, เกี่ยวกับกฎหมาย… See more thuộc pháp luật, liên quan đến pháp luật… See more prawny, legalny, prawniczy… See more 법적인, 법적으로 허용되는… See more legale, giuridico… See more Need a translator?

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