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le·gal / ˈlēgəl/ • adj. 1. [attrib.] of, based on, or concerned with the law: the American legal system. ∎ appointed or required by the law: a legal requirement. ∎ of or relating to theological legalism. ∎ Law recognized by common or statutory law, as distinct from equity. ∎ (of paper) measuring 8 ½ by 14 inches. 2. permitted by law: he claimed that it had all been legal. DERIVATIVES: le·gal·ly adv. [sentence adverb] legally, we're still very much married. |
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"legal." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "legal." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-legal.html "legal." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-legal.html |
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LEGALConforming to the law; required or permitted by law; not forbidden by law. The term legal is often used by the courts in reference to an inference of the law formulated as a matter of construction, rather than established by actual proof, such as legal malice. |
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"Legal." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Legal." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437702625.html "Legal." West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-3437702625.html |
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legal XVI. — (O)F. légal or L. lēgālis, f. lēx, lēg- law; see -AL1.
So legality XV. |
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T. F. HOAD. "legal." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "legal." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-legal.html T. F. HOAD. "legal." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-legal.html |
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legal •draggle, gaggle, haggle, raggle-taggle, straggle, waggle
•algal
•angle, bangle, bespangle, dangle, entangle, fandangle, jangle, mangel, mangle, spangle, strangle, tangle, wangle, wide-angle, wrangle
•triangle • quadrangle • rectangle
•pentangle • right angle • gargle
•bagel, finagle, Hegel, inveigle, Schlegel
•beagle, eagle, illegal, legal, paralegal, regal, spread eagle, viceregal
•porbeagle
•giggle, higgle, jiggle, niggle, sniggle, squiggle, wiggle, wriggle
•commingle, cringle, dingle, Fingal, intermingle, jingle, mingle, shingle, single, swingle, tingle
•prodigal • madrigal • warrigal
•surcingle • Christingle
•boggle, goggle, joggle, synagogal, toggle, woggle
•diphthongal, Mongol, pongal
•hornswoggle
•bogle, mogul, ogle
•Bruegel
•bugle, frugal, fugal, google
•Dougal, Mughal
•Portugal • conjugal
•juggle, smuggle, snuggle, struggle
•bungle, fungal, jungle
•McGonagall • astragal
•burghal, burgle, Fergal, gurgle
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"legal." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "legal." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-legal.html "legal." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-legal.html |
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