Legal synonyms
lē'gəl
Category:
Part of speech:
Enacted, regulated, or authorized by statute.
Holding office or serving in a public capacity:
Having a justification.
Of or in the constitution of a person or thing; basic; essential
In accordance with the law
According to law; by right.
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In accordance with the law
Legitimate.
In accordance with the law
In accordance with the law
In or into a satisfactory state or condition:
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That can be justified.
Apparently favorable but really false; specious
The definition of hereditary refers to something inherited through the family or passed down through the family.
Customary; usual; characteristic
Appropriate.
Proper or fitting
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Authorized with a warrant.
In accordance with the law
The definition of sound is someone or something that is in good condition.
In accordance with the law
Commonly recognized or accepted
Established by authority.
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condign
Deserved; suitable
according to equity
In accordance with the law
within the law
In accordance with the law
In accordance with the law
Capable of being enforced.
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In accordance with the law
In accordance with the law
In accordance with the law
In accordance with the law
In accordance with the law
Of or pertaining to a contract.
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from time out of mind
In accordance with the law
In keeping with custom, or usage; usual; habitual
Having no waves or bends:
on-the-up-and-up
Alternative spelling of on the up-and-up.
Of judicial proceedings, jurisprudence, or law
(Law) Of, relating to, or proper to courts of law or to the administration of justice:
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The definition of forensic is something that is usable in a court of law.
Jurisprudential.
Versed in jurisprudence.
jural
(Philosophy) Of or pertaining to moral rights and obligations.
nomothetic
Of or relating to the study or discovery of general laws, as of nature or of human behavior.
unlawful (antonym)
Prohibited; not permitted by law (either civil or criminal law; see illegal).
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prohibited (antonym)
lawful (related)
In conformity with the principles of the law; permitted by law
permitted (related)
In accordance with the law
(Artificial intelligence) Describing a heuristic that never overestimates the cost of reaching a goal.
Conforming to orthodox or well-established rules or patterns, as of procedure.
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Qualified or entitled to be chosen:
Based on logical reasoning:
The definition of liable is being likely to do or experience something or to having legal responsibility for something.
The definition of permissible is something allowed or permitted.
Having legal force; effective or binding:
Justifiable, just, proper.
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Property of being lawful, of obeying the law.
Legal aspects
The quality of being legitimate or valid; validity
illegitimate (antonym)
Born of parents not married to each other
wrong (antonym)
Contrary to conscience, morality, or law:
illicit (antonym)
Not sanctioned by custom or law; improper or unlawful.
criminal (antonym)
The definition of criminal is someone or something related to the commission of a crime.
Unaware:
law (related)
A statement that describes invariable relationships among phenomena under a specified set of conditions. Boyle's law, for instance, describes what will happen to the volume of an ideal gas if its pressure changes and its temperature remains the same. The conditions under which some physical laws hold are idealized (for example, there are no ideal gases in the real world), thus some physical laws apply universally but only approximately.
Producing or sufficient to produce a desired effect.
financial (related)
regulatory (related)
litigation (related)
insolvency (related)
non-legal (related)
in-law (related)
legislative (related)
administrative (related)
accounting (related)
procedural (related)
enforcement (related)
Out-and-out; thorough:
In accordance with the law
Characterized by freedom of personal behavior or a disregard of traditional social mores.
Synonym Study
- Licit implies strict conformity to the law, especially in trade, commerce, or personal relations the licit sale of drugs
- Legitimate implies legality of a claim to a title or right a legitimate heir or accordance with what is sanctioned or accepted as lawful, reasonable, etc. a legitimate argument
- Lawful refers to that which is permitted, recognized, or established by civil, religious, or moral law and may suggest conformity to the principle rather than, or in addition to, the letter of the law a lawful marriage, the lawful owner
- Legal implies literal connection or conformity with statute or common law or its administration legal rights
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