Definition of legal

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Legal (a.) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets..

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Disponee :: Disponee (n.) The person to whom any property is legally conveyed.
Malpractice :: Malpractice (n.) Evil practice; illegal or immoral conduct; practice contrary to established rules; specifically, the treatment of a case by a surgeon or physician in a manner which is contrary to accepted rules and productive of unfavorable results..
Misnomer :: Misnomer (n.) The misnaming of a person in a legal instrument, as in a complaint or indictment; any misnaming of a person or thing; a wrong or inapplicable name or title..
Alienism :: Alienism (n.) The status or legal condition of an alien; alienage.
Christmas :: Christmas (n.) An annual church festival (December 25) and in some States a legal holiday, in memory of the birth of Christ, often celebrated by a particular church service, and also by special gifts, greetings, and hospitality..
Competency :: Competency (n.) Legal capacity or qualifications; fitness; as, the competency of a witness or of a evidence..
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..
Gazette :: Gazette (n.) A newspaper; a printed sheet published periodically; esp., the official journal published by the British government, and containing legal and state notices..
Encumber :: Encumber (v. t.) To load with debts, or other legal claims; as, to encumber an estate with mortgages..
Attaint :: Attaint (v. t.) To subject (a person) to the legal condition formerly resulting from a sentence of death or outlawry, pronounced in respect of treason or felony; to affect by attainder..
Legal :: Legal (a.) According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation..
Puritanical :: Puritanical (a.) Precise in observance of legal or religious requirements; strict; overscrupulous; rigid; -- often used by way of reproach or contempt.
Marriage :: Marriage (v. t.) The act of marrying, or the state of being married; legal union of a man and a woman for life, as husband and wife; wedlock; matrimony..
Legal :: Legal (a.) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets..
Elector :: Elector (n.) Hence, specifically, in any country, a person legally qualified to vote..
Obligation :: Obligation (n.) That which obligates or constrains; the binding power of a promise, contract, oath, or vow, or of law; that which constitutes legal or moral duty..
Contraband :: Contraband (v. t.) To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle..
Writing :: Writing (n.) Any legal instrument, as a deed, a receipt, a bond, an agreement, or the like..
Alienation :: Alienation (n.) A transfer of title, or a legal conveyance of property to another..
Brush Turkey :: Brush turkey () A large, edible, gregarious bird of Australia (Talegalla Lathami) of the family Megapodidae. Also applied to several allied species of New Guinea..
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