
[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin lēgālis, from lēx, lēg-, law.]
legally le'gal·ly adv.| Legal Liability, Legal Investment | |
| Legal Monopoly, Legal Opinion |
Definition: allowable, permissible
Antonyms: criminal, illegal, illegitimate, illicit, unlawful, wrong
Loosely used to mean ‘in accordance with all the relevant rules’, esp. in connection with some set of constraints defined by software. “The older =+ alternate for += is no longer legal syntax in ANSI C.” “This parser processes each line of legal input the moment it sees the trailing linefeed.” Hackers often model their work as a sort of game played with the environment in which the objective is to maneuver through the thicket of ‘natural laws’ to achieve a desired objective. Their use of legal is flavored as much by this game-playing sense as by the more conventional one having to do with courts and lawyers. Compare language lawyer, legalese.
Conforming to the law; required or permitted by law; not forbidden by law.
The term legal is often used by the courts in reference to an inference of the law formulated as a matter of construction, rather than established by actual proof, such as legal malice.
A selection of eligible companies and investments, determined by local state governments, for institutions such as insurance companies and pension plans.
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These are generally low risk, low volatile investments that insure the well-being of investors in institutions where safety of principal is of concern.
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Proper under the law.

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - lovlig, lovbestemt, lovbefalet, lovfæstet, fastsat i loven, lovpligtig, retlig, rets-, juridisk
n. - juridisk person
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Nederlands (Dutch)
wettelijk, legaal, wettisch, juridisch, rechtelijk
Français (French)
adj. - juridique, légal, judiciaire, légitime
n. - personne morale, étranger en situation légale
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Deutsch (German)
adj. - legal, gesetzlich, rechtlich, juristisch, Rechts-, gerichtlich
n. - jmd. der sich an das Gesetz hält
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Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - νόμιμος, θεμιτός, σύννομος, νομικός
n. - νόμιμη επένδυση
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Italiano (Italian)
legale, giuridico
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Português (Portuguese)
adj. - legal, jurídico, legítimo
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Русский (Russian)
правовой, законный, судебный
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Español (Spanish)
adj. - legal, legítimo, lícito, jurídico
n. - persona protegida por ley, alguien que actúa legalmente, ciudadano legal, inmigrante legal, extranjero legal
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Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - laglig, laga, lag-, lagenlig, rättslig, juridisk, formell, beroende på gärningarna
n. - förberedelse, planering
中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
法律的, 合法的, 法定的, 法定权利, 法律公告
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中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 法律的, 合法的, 法定的
n. - 法定權利, 法律公告
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한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 법률의, 정당한, 법률이 요구하는, 변호사의
n. - 변호사, 법률가
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日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 法律上の, 合法の, 法定の
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العربيه (Arabic)
(صفه) قانوني, متعلق بالقانون, شرعي مطابق للقانون أو جائز شرعا, حقوقي ذو علاقه بمهنه المحاماة (الاسم) دعوى, محاكمه
עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - חוקי, משפטי, מותר, לגלי
n. - אדם הפועל באופן חוקי, אדם שהחוק מגן על מעמדו, חיה או דג שמותר לצודם, דיפלומט מרגל
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