legal
/ˈli.ɡəl/adjective2 syllables
Legal means: established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules.
Synonyms for legal20
adjective, as in established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
court-ordered, judicial, jural, juristic, lawful, legitimate, licit, ratified, sanctioned, statutory, sub judice
adjective, as in allowed by official rules
Opposites of legal
What does legal mean?5
adjective
1
established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
2
having legal efficacy or force“a sound title to the property”
3
allowed by official rules“a legal pass receiver”
4
of or relating to jurisprudence“legal loophole”
5
relating to or characteristic of the profession of law“the legal profession”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with legal?6
Legal in a sentence
- It may not seem fair, but it's legal.Hybrid
- You realize that what you're doing isn't legal, don't you?CK
- Because of a legal error, an innocent man was convicted.Lebensfreude
- This content is for informational purposes only, and does not constitute legal advice.Lumi
- He condemned the court and, by implication, the entire legal system.IMer
- We signed the contract, with all that it implies from a legal standpoint.Nuel
- Frontier justice is a rough, arbitrary justice driven by necessity rather than legal procedure.Myrano_
- In legal documents, difficult words and phrases are often used.CC
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