legal

1. a. 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. Source: opted

2. a. According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation. Source: opted

3. a. According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses. Source: opted

4. a. Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets. Source: opted

5. adj. established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules Source: wordnet

6. adj. of or relating to jurisprudence Source: wordnet

7. adj. having legal efficacy or force Source: wordnet

8. adj. relating to or characteristic of the profession of law Source: wordnet

9. adj. allowed by official rules Source: wordnet

10. 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. 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 3. (Law) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets. Bouvier. Burrill. 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. Source: webster

11. Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules ofequity; as, legal estate; legal assets. Bouvier. Burrill. Legal cap.See under Cap.-- Legal tender. (a) The act of tendering in the performance of acontract or satisfaction of a claim that which the law prescribes orpermits, and at such time and place as the law prescribes or permits.(b) That currency, or money, which the law authorizes a debtor totender and requires a creditor to receive. It differs in differentcountries. Source: adambom

12. j:100 a. established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules a. of or relating to jurisprudence s. having legal efficacy or force a. relating to or characteristic of the profession of law Source: ecdict

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