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Antonyms for legal
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : lee-guhl |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈli gəl |
Definition of legal
Origin :- mid-15c. "of or pertaining to the law," from Middle French légal or directly from Latin legalis "legal, pertaining to the law," from lex (genitive legis) "law," possibly related to legere "to gather," on notion of "a collection of rules" (see lecture (n.)).
- Sense of "permitted by law" is from 1640s. Related: Legally. The Old French form was leial, loial (see leal, loyal). Legal tender is from 1740.
- adj allowable, permissible
- But moral conviction and legal proof are quite different things.
- Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
- By this measure all legal proceedings for the recovery of church rates were abolished.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- He dealt with the question on theological, legal and social grounds.
- Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook
- The eight children do not belong to the woman in any real or legal sense.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- There is a legal limit to physical cruelty; and there are also human limits to it.
- Extract from : « A Treatise on Parents and Children » by George Bernard Shaw
- That this should be so in the case of his virtuous and legal connection he was perfectly certain.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Morse did not attempt to get this legal disqualification set aside.
- Extract from : « Heroes of the Telegraph » by J. Munro
- It is legal in this dreadful country to have four wives, but I don't care about the law.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- The others had evidently stayed to hear the legal harangue to a close.
- Extract from : « Good Indian » by B. M. Bower
- His legal opinions, therefore, have ever been held in the highest esteem.
- Extract from : « Cleveland Past and Present » by Maurice Joblin
Synonyms for legal
- acknowledged
- allowed
- authorized
- card-carrying
- chartered
- clean
- condign
- constitutional
- contractual
- decreed
- due
- enforced
- enforcible
- enjoined
- fair
- forensic
- granted
- innocent
- judged
- judicial
- juridical
- just
- justifiable
- justified
- lawful
- legalized
- legit
- legitimate
- licit
- on the level
- on the up and up
- ordained
- passed
- precedented
- prescribed
- proper
- protected
- right
- rightful
- sanctioned
- sound
- statutory
- straight
- sure enough
- valid
- warranted
- within the law
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