Definition of legal
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Legal (a.) 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..
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Ringleader ::
Ringleader (n.) Opprobriously, a leader of a body of men engaged in the violation of law or in an illegal enterprise, as rioters, mutineers, or the like..
Benevolence ::
Benevolence (n.) A species of compulsory contribution or tax, which has sometimes been illegally exacted by arbitrary kings of England, and falsely represented as a gratuity..
Usurious ::
Usurious (a.) Practicing usury; taking illegal or exorbitant interest for the use of money; as, a usurious person..
Stamp ::
Stamp (v. i.) To put a stamp on, as for postage; as, to stamp a letter; to stamp a legal document..
Puritanical ::
Puritanical (a.) Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.
Lien ::
Lien (n.) A legal claim; a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty; a right in one to control or hold and retain the property of another until some claim of the former is paid or satisfied.
Sue ::
Sue (v. t.) To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process..
Kleptomania ::
Kleptomania (n.) A propensity to steal, claimed to be irresistible. This does not constitute legal irresponsibility..
Said ::
Said (a.) Before-mentioned; already spoken of or specified; aforesaid; -- used chiefly in legal style.
Competency ::
Competency (n.) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence..
Shebeen ::
Shebeen (n.) A low public house; especially, a place where spirits and other excisable liquors are illegally and privately sold..
Value ::
Value (n.) Precise signification; import; as, the value of a word; the value of a legal instrument.
Execute ::
Execute (v. t.) To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a deed, lease, mortgage, will, etc..
Appeal ::
Appeal (v. t.) To make application for the removal of (a cause) from an inferior to a superior judge or court for a rehearing or review on account of alleged injustice or illegality in the trial below. We say, the cause was appealed from an inferior court..
Usurper ::
Usurper (n.) One who usurps; especially, one who seizes illegally on sovereign power; as, the usurper of a throne, of power, or of the rights of a patron..
Legalist ::
Legalist (n.) One who practices or advocates strict conformity to law; in theology, one who holds to the law of works. See Legal, 2 (a)..
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