legaladjective
uk/ˈliː.ɡəl/us/ˈliː.ɡəl/legal adjective (LAW)
B2 connected with the law:
legal advice
a legal obligation/requirement
legal status
your legal rights
legal action/proceedings
my legal representatives (= my lawyers)
B2 allowed by the law:
Is abortion legal in your country?
Opposite
illegal
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- You have a legal obligation to ensure your child receives a proper education.
- It's an organization that offers free legal advice to people on low incomes.
- She won the court case, but she had to pay an enormous amount in legal fees.
- Channel 4 is running a series on the unfairness of the legal system.
- Unless the money is returned, we shall shortly be contacting our legal department.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Legal & illegal
- chargeable
- constitutionality
- criminal
- extrajudicial
- heinous
- illegal
- illegitimate
- impeach
- improper
- lawful
- legality
- legally
- legitimacy
- legitimate
- license
- treasonable
- underground
- undocumented
- unlicensed
- wrongful
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legal adjective (PAPER)
US used to refer to a standard size of paper in the US, 8.5 inches by 14 inches:
Your poster should be on letter or legal size paper.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Publishing: paper & stationery
- A3
- A5
- acid-free
- assembler
- ballpoint pen
- grammage
- graph paper
- headed notepaper
- highlighter
- jotter
- keypad
- pencil
- qwerty
- ream
- rice paper
- rough paper
- scrap paper
- slate
- tissue
- watermark
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You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics:
Mass, area, weight & volume in general
Idiom(s)
make legal history