legal

Plural: legals

Adjective

• established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
• of or relating to jurisprudence
  • "legal loophole"
• relating to or characteristic of the profession of law
  • "the legal profession"

Adjective Satellite

• having legal efficacy or force
• allowed by official rules
  • "a legal pass receiver"

Adj

• Relating to the law or to lawyers.
• Having its basis in the law.
• Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law.
• Following the rules or syntax of a system, such as a game or a programming language.
• Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
• Permitting the use and/or sale of cannabis; in which cannabis is lawful.
• Measuring 8½ in × 14 in.
• Measuring 8½ in × 13 in.

Noun

• An investment authorized by law for certain institutions.
• The legal department of a company.
• Paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm).
• A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.
• Somebody who immigrated lawfully.

Examples

• Finding a ’legal’ seven-letter word on a challenging board felt like discovering a safe investment.
• legal motion
• legal precedent
• legal profession
• Legal wants this in writing.

Synonyms

effectual, sound

Antonyms

illegal, back-alley, banned, black-market, contraband, disallowed, forbidden, outlawed, underage, undocumented, unlawful

Anagrams of legal