legal
Meaning of legal
adjective
- relating to the law.
the European legal system
- permitted by law.
he claimed that it had all been legal
- denoting a size of paper that measures 22 × 35.5 cm (8.5 × 14 inches).
a yellow legal pad
late Middle English (in the sense ‘to do with Mosaic law’): from French, or from Latin legalis, from lex, leg- ‘law’. Compare with loyal.
Information about legal
- It is an adjective.
- The plural form of legal is: legals.
- Languages in which legal is used:
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Catalan
GalicianHyphenation of legal
le-gal
- It consists of 2 syllables and 5 chars.
- legal is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
legal synonyms
Meaning collection:
collection, aggregation, accumulation
Meaning sound:
Meaning conforming to, permitted by, or recognized by law or rules:
Meaning conforming to the law or to rules:
Meaning not forbidden; lawful:
Meaning make (something that was previously illegal) permissible by law:
Meaning legally binding due to having been executed in compliance with the law:
Meaning permitted; allowed:
Meaning officially allow (someone) to do something:
Meaning allowed, especially within a set of regulations; permissible:
Meaning let (someone) have or do something:
Meaning acceptable or valid, especially as evidence in a court of law:
Meaning able to be agreed on; suitable:
Meaning having official permission or approval:
Meaning give official permission or approval for (an action):
Meaning justify or necessitate (a course of action):
Meaning having an official licence:
Meaning having the approval or authorization of an authority or public body:
Meaning (of a law, rule, or obligation) able to be imposed so that it must be complied with:
Meaning in accordance with a constitution:
Meaning required, permitted, or enacted by statute:
Meaning (of an agreement or promise) involving an obligation that cannot be broken:
Meaning truly what something is said to be; authentic:
Meaning morally good, justified, or acceptable:
Meaning denoting something that is truly what it is said or regarded to be; genuine:
Meaning based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair:
Meaning treating people equally without favouritism or discrimination:
Meaning having a legitimate right to property, position, or status:
Meaning free of deceit; truthful and sincere:
Meaning (of a person) sitting or standing with the back straight:
Meaning conforming to the rules; legal:
Meaning (of food, or premises in which food is sold, cooked, or eaten) satisfying the requirements of Jewish law:
legal antonyms
Meaning contrary to or forbidden by law, especially criminal law:
Meaning relating to crime:
Translation of legal
- French: légitime, légal, juridique
- German: legitim, gesetzmäßig, rechtmäßig, legal, gesetzlich, rechtsmäßig
- Italian: legittimo, legale, lecito
- Spanish: legal, legítimo, lícito, jurídico
Anagrams of legal
Words that rhyme with legal
egal, Daegal, Biblicolegal, antelegal, extralegal, illegal, medicolegal, nonlegal, paralegal, philosophicolegal, postlegal, prelegal, preterlegal, pseudolegal, semilegal, sociolegal, supralegal, unlegal, megal, Donegal, Senegal, senegal, unegal, pteropegal, gregal, interregal, medregal, paregal, pedregal, peregal, preregal, pseudoregal, regal, superregal, unparegal, unregal, viceregal, Segal, Artegal, Ortegal, branchiostegal, gastrostegal, urostegal
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