| 单词 | legal |
| 释义 | legal (liːgəl ) 1. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] B2 Legal is used to describe things that relate to the law. He vowed to take legal action. ...the British legal system. I sought legal advice on this. ...the legal profession. Synonyms: judicial, judiciary, forensic, juridical legally adverb [ADVERB with verb, ADVERB adjective] B2 There are reasons to doubt that a second trial is morally, legally or politically justified. It could be a bit problematic, legally speaking. 2. adjective B2 An action or situation that is legal is allowed or required by law. What I did was perfectly legal. ...drivers who have more than the legal limit of alcohol. Synonyms: lawful, allowed, sanctioned, constitutional legally adverb [ADVERB adjective, ADVERB with verb] B2 The school is legally responsible for your child's safety. A lorry driver can legally work eighty-two hours a week. Collocations: legal limbo A storm of litigation effectively placed the wreck in legal limbo — and then its discoverer became a fugitive. Times, Sunday Times Many have spent years in legal limbo after being arrested but not charged. Times, Sunday Times Now, however, they find themselves in legal limbo. Times, Sunday Times Lawyers claim that suspects are left in legal limbo by reforms intended to stop them spending long periods on bail. Times, Sunday Times Were the will to be read literally, the offshore assets would be left floating in the legal limbo of intestacy. Times, Sunday Times A legal loophole meant the charge should not have applied to those drink-drivers who failed to provide a specimen. The Sun This case presents a serious legal loophole and could open the floodgates for similar cases. The Sun It will say that a significant proportion of these deaths could have been avoided, had it not been for health service failures or legal loopholes. Times, Sunday Times But corruption, legal loopholes, delays, and stretched resources combine to make the quest to jail the group far from straightforward. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 His government has been frequently charged with dictatorship, demagogy, corruption, conflicts of interest, human rights offences, acting undiplomatically, the use of legal loopholes and hostility towards a free press. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 At no time had the parties sought to effect a legal marriage. Times,Sunday Times Before its enactment couples lived and slept together after their betrothal or the spousals, considered a legal marriage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 She holds the record for largest age disparity in a legal marriage. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 They find out that they spent their winnings on a legal marriage, and an ugly, unreturnable ring. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Furthermore, a handfast or probationary marriage and pregnancy were frequent precursors to legal marriage at the time. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He has always protested his innocence - but the outstanding legal matter meant he could not take part in any transfer to a foreign jail. The Sun It’s a legal matter, of course. Smithsonian Mag The story has continued to smoulder and has the potential to evolve into a serious legal matter. Times, Sunday Times Both companies considered the incident a legal matter. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Managing the massive amounts of information involved in a legal matter can sometimes be tedious and expensive. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 But granting the injunction would mean sweeping aside well-established legal precedent. The Times Literary Supplement Legal precedent means that trustees can claim money from pensions. Times, Sunday Times It had nothing to do with legal precedent. Times, Sunday Times The accused, the judge had argued with more humanity than respect for legal precedent, was entitled to protection for her privacy and dignity. Times, Sunday Times It set a legal precedent governing all courts. The Sun The diplomatic fracas has arisen from a legal principle known as universal jurisdiction. Times, Sunday Times There was no reason in terms of legal principle or public policy why that should make a difference. Times, Sunday Times Replacing it with a legal principle focusing on the facts of individual cases would mount to a retreat from the core principle. Times, Sunday Times In the court's judgment, there was such a power, but it resided in the court's discretion rather than in legal principle. Times, Sunday Times It seems very likely that parliament will give its consent to reversing eight centuries of legal principle. Times, Sunday Times In the end, though, impeachment rests on political attitudes rather than legal procedure. Times, Sunday Times They face trials described by lawyers involved as a 'humiliating' mockery of proper legal procedure. Times, Sunday Times He, fortunately, was an honourable chap and settled without going through the legal procedure. Times, Sunday Times I assume the bank would hide behind legal procedure and state that it cannot comment. Times, Sunday Times I thought there was a legal procedure for changing your name. The Sun This led ten years later to legal reform; but in the early 1960s tolerance, let alone permissiveness, was still a long way off. The Times Literary Supplement Justice, a legal reform campaign group, has held three experimental remote jury trials, with all participants joining a virtual court via video link. Times,Sunday Times Justice, the legal reform charity, has been using lockdown to test the viability of virtual jury trials. Times,Sunday Times That was certainly true in regard to prisons and in time, perhaps, to legal reform too. Times, Sunday Times A coalition of legal reform groups has condemned the raid. Times, Sunday Times I also thought it was a legal requirement for police officers to identify themselves and have the appropriate uniform when carrying out their duty. Times, Sunday Times But biographers have never found a birth certificate, even though by the late 1880s it was a legal requirement. Times, Sunday Times As these notices are a legal requirement, they are issued regardless of blocks being placed on the account. Times, Sunday Times Managing the risks associated with clients or staff, including health and safety, can often be a legal requirement. Times, Sunday Times They have called for it to be a legal requirement for practitioners to be properly qualified and on an approved register. The Sun First, the potential application of state and federal school bus regulations, and, legal restrictions on the use of vehicles that transport passengers across state lines. Christianity Today There are no legal restrictions on this but event promoters often specify that any tickets sold 'at a premium' will be invalid for entry. Times, Sunday Times There have been bans on gatherings of more than 50 and on visits to care homes but few other legal restrictions. Times,Sunday Times The increasing legal restrictions many communities are placing on local congregations. Christianity Today These laws often change, so be sure you are familiar with current legal restrictions. Christianity Today Millions of workers could see their holiday pay boosted after a legal ruling that it should take account of regular overtime. Times, Sunday Times The banks argue that the measures should not be applied retrospectively and are seeking a legal ruling. Times, Sunday Times If they are not she refuses to hand over the certificate and tells them to seek a legal ruling. Times, Sunday Times He won a legal ruling last week and has paid $4.5 million (2.7 million) bail. Times, Sunday Times The company has been winning market share in recent months, after a legal ruling last year allowed banks and other finance companies to issue its cards. Times, Sunday Times A famous legal scholar, he avoided the tumult of state politics, preferring to work behind the scenes. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 This strategy generally gives the attorney general more of specialist who may be somewhat of a legal scholar on staff. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 The expression has also been used by human rights activists to demand the release of a jailed legal scholar. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 A distinguished legal scholar, she has published widely on reproductive rights, constitutional law, legal history, comparative civil liberties, and bioethics. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 As a legal scholar, he was a proponent of the modern sociological and historical school of law. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Just pøp into the next røøm, then, and have a chat with øur legal secretary. Times, Sunday Times I started as a legal secretary; that gave me the determination to go on and succeed. Times, Sunday Times While she was away, another legal secretary worked out it was her 50th. The Sun A former legal secretary claims she lost $25,000 in only a few months. Times, Sunday Times She took a job as a trainee legal secretary when she needed to leave school at 17 to earn money and help her family. Times, Sunday Times Top legal publishers will expand their dominance over online legal service. Times, Sunday Times It also has a free property valuation and legal service for remortgages, keeping the cost of switching banks to a minimum. Times, Sunday Times That applies whether they intend to work in private practice, commerce and industry or in government legal service. Times, Sunday Times Advanced systems, such as document assembly, will enable and encourage an elemental shift from bespoke advice to commoditised legal service. Times, Sunday Times Third, a new wave of imaginative, entrepreneurial and market-driven alternative providers of legal service are vital to the mix. Times, Sunday Times Unfortunately, in some cases, false accusations are brought against counselors by persons seeking a legal settlement or pursuing some other ulterior motive. Christianity Today She has since reached a legal settlement with the footballer. Times, Sunday Times There was a one-off gain in the year from a legal settlement and other things that brought in $5 million and will not be repeated. Times, Sunday Times Since then there has been a formal apology, a legal settlement and, he revealed recently, he has stopped using the internet. Times, Sunday Times Its profits were slightly higher than expected because of lower tax and financing costs and a 4.4 million legal settlement. Times, Sunday Times He said that they were designed to 'put the wind up people', had no official legal status and that response was voluntary. Times, Sunday Times Smaller preparatory schools previously owned by a proprietor are taking the lead among independent schools in pressing for a new legal status. Times, Sunday Times He later pulled out because of fears about its legal status. Times, Sunday Times There, each entry will eventually take on a legal status. Times, Sunday Times Such a view reflects a fundamental misunderstanding regarding the legal status of corporations. Christianity Today A novel that starts as a legal thriller turns into a brilliantly plotted whodunit. Times, Sunday Times A mostly absorbing and finely acted legal thriller. Times, Sunday Times Everything a legal thriller should be. Times, Sunday Times The legal thriller ends tonight. Times, Sunday Times This incredibly skilful novel - the fourth of the legal thriller series - deserves nothing less than five stars. The Sun But his graffiti has also landed him in legal trouble. Houston Chronicle He was accused of accepting the money from an organization involved in breeding and raising birds for cockfighting in exchange for helping the group avoid legal trouble. canada.com But in 1985, the company found itself in legal trouble through its new subsidiary. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He would then pose as an attorney to convince them that the aforementioned loved one was in legal trouble. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Spammers take advantage of this fact, and frequently outsource parts of their operations to countries where spamming will not get them into legal trouble. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 He still remembers his first legal victory, in 1995. Times, Sunday Times Millions of airline passengers whose flights have been delayed because of technical defects are being urged to apply for compensation after one traveller's legal victory. Times, Sunday Times Private schools were celebrating last night after winning a legal victory that protects their status as charities. Times, Sunday Times Two weeks ago he celebrated a legal victory, which ruled that the internal investigation had been flawed. Times, Sunday Times Thus, while war may still sometimes produce a military conquest, it rarely yields a lasting legal victory. Times, Sunday Times Last night he said he was 'frustrated' by legal wrangling. The Sun When procurement projects go wrong or the specifications are changed, this creates fertile ground for yet more legal wrangling. Times, Sunday Times The breakthrough finally came at just before 3.30pm, ending months of legal wrangling. Times, Sunday Times The new report was released after weeks of legal wrangling. The Sun The project has become entangled in legal wrangling because some of the affected bond-holders are refusing the new deal and insisting on full repayment. Times, Sunday Times These companies are perfectly legal, but not the sort you would want your grandmother involved with. Times, Sunday Times It's perfectly legal and works for one-off journeys and season tickets. The Sun On both these occasions cricket decided that perfectly legal tactics were, in practice, immoral - so the laws had to catch up. Times, Sunday Times But he said the organization's perfectly legal accounting practices did them in. Christianity Today Trusts are perfectly legal mechanisms that can help individuals pass wealth down the generations. Times, Sunday Times Translations: Chinese: 法定的 Japanese: 合法的な |
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