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legalized, ppl. a.|ˈliːgəlaɪzd| [f. legalize + -ed1.] 1. Made legal, sanctioned by law. Of a wife: Legally married.
1788H. Walpole Remin. ii. 20 The extreme outward devotion of the duchess..seems to announce a legalized wife. 1806Weekly Polit. Rev. 27 Dec. 947 The recruiting service, this legalized crimping. 1828Sewell Oxford Prize Ess. 2 Legalized facilities for divulging the property and resources of individuals. 1878Dowden Stud. Lit. 332 The Church remained in the legalised servitude to which Napoleon had reduced it. 2. Imbued with the legal spirit.
1818Scott Hrt. Midl. ix, The doctrines of a legalised formalist, such as Saddletree. |