Legal word meaning and definition

[adjective] (sports) allowed by official rules; "a legal pass receiver"
[adjective] established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
[adjective] having legal efficacy or force; "a sound title to the property"
[adjective] of or relating to jurisprudence; "legal loophole"
[adjective] relating to or characteristic of the profession of law; "the legal profession"

\Le"gal\ (l[=e]"gal), a. [L. legalis, fr. lex, legis, law; prob. orig., that which lies or is fixed (cf. L. lectus bed), and if so akin to E. lie, law: cf. F. l['e]gal. Cf. {Lie} to be prostrate, {Loyal}, {Leal}.] 1. Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid. 2. (Theol.)
(a) According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.
(b) According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses. 3. (Law) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets. --Bouvier. --Burrill. {Legal cap}. See under {Cap}. {Legal tender}.
(a) The act of tendering in the performance of a contract or satisfaction of a claim that which the law prescribes or permits, and at such time and place as the law prescribes or permits.
(b) That currency, or money, which the law authorizes a debtor to tender and requires a creditor to receive. It differs in different countries. Syn: Lawful; constitutional; legitimate; licit; authorized. See {Lawful}.

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