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LEGAL
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Allowed by official rules
Example:
a legal pass receiver
Classified under:
Similar:
eligible (qualified for or allowed or worthy of being chosen)
Domain category:
athletics; sport (an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
Classified under:
Similar:
court-ordered (ordered by a court of law)
judicial (decreed by or proceeding from a court of justice)
jural; juristic (of or relating to law or to legal rights and obligations)
lawful; legitimate; licit (authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law)
ratified; sanctioned (formally approved and invested with legal authority)
statutory (prescribed or authorized by or punishable under a statute)
sub judice (before a judge or court of law; awaiting judicial determination)
Also:
lawful (conformable to or allowed by law)
legitimate (of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful)
Attribute:
legality (lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute)
Antonym:
illegal (prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules)
Derivation:
legality (lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Having legal efficacy or force
Example:
a sound title to the property
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Adjectives
Similar:
valid (well grounded in logic or truth or having legal force)
Derivation:
legality (lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute)
Sense 4
Meaning:
Of or relating to jurisprudence
Example:
legal loophole
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Sense 5
Meaning:
Relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
Example:
the legal profession
Classified under:
Relational adjectives (pertainyms)
Pertainym:
law (the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system)
Context examples:
Using them this way is not legal or safe.
(Anabolic Steroids, NIH: National Institute on Drug Abuse)
A family relation established by a legal proceeding that creates a parent-child relation between persons not related by blood.
(Adoptive Relative, NCI Thesaurus)
A legal battle over a 10,600-year-old ancient skeleton – called the ‘Spirit Cave Mummy’ – has ended after advanced DNA sequencing found it was related to a Native American tribe.
(Ancient DNA analysis unlocks secrets of Ice Age tribes in the Americas, University of Cambridge)
In some way the legal forms have undoubtedly been complied with, and they think that they have little to fear.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
EXAMPLE(S): proper name, nickname, legal name
(Person Name, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
“I am improving my legal knowledge, Master Copperfield,” said Uriah.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
EXAMPLE(S): part, department, center, legal representative.
(Organization Relationship Type Code, NCI Thesaurus/BRIDG)
And I could not rid myself of it by any legal proceedings: for the doctors now discovered that my wife was mad—her excesses had prematurely developed the germs of insanity.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
This may include: • Getting financial and legal documents in order • Looking into assisted living or nursing homes • Finding out what your health insurance and Medicare will cover
(Alzheimer's Caregivers, NIH: National Institute on Aging)
A formal submission to FDA from any legal person or entity to obtain permission for manufacturing and marketing a biological product subject to licensure under section 351 of the Public Health Service Act.
(Biologics License Application, NCI Thesaurus)
