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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Bigamy :: Bigamy (n.) The offense of marrying one person when already legally married to another.
Recover :: Recover (v. t.) To gain as a compensation; to obtain in return for injury or debt; as, to recover damages in trespass; to recover debt and costs in a suit at law; to obtain title to by judgement in a court of law; as, to recover lands in ejectment or common recovery; to gain by legal process; as, to recover judgement against a defendant..
Enact :: Enact (v. t.) To decree; to establish by legal and authoritative act; to make into a law; especially, to perform the legislative act with reference to (a bill) which gives it the validity of law..
Litigious :: Litigious (a.) Of or pertaining to legal disputes.
Bankrupt :: Bankrupt (a.) Being a bankrupt or in a condition of bankruptcy; unable to pay, or legally discharged from paying, one's debts; as, a bankrupt merchant..
Challenge :: Challenge (n.) An exception to a person as not legally qualified to vote. The challenge must be made when the ballot is offered.
Competency :: Competency (n.) Right or authority; legal power or capacity to take cognizance of a cause; as, the competence of a judge or court..
Major :: Major (a.) Of full legal age.
Undue :: Undue (a.) Not right; not lawful or legal; improper; as, an undue proceeding..
Competent :: Competent (a.) Answering to all requirements; adequate; sufficient; suitable; capable; legally qualified; fit.
Sue :: Sue (v. t.) To proceed with, as an action, and follow it up to its proper termination; to gain by legal process..
Spinster :: Spinster (n.) An unmarried or single woman; -- used in legal proceedings as a title, or addition to the surname..
License :: License (n.) Authority or liberty given to do or forbear any act; especially, a formal permission from the proper authorities to perform certain acts or to carry on a certain business, which without such permission would be illegal; a grant of permission; as, a license to preach, to practice medicine, to sell gunpowder or intoxicating liquors..
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..
Nullification :: Nullification (n.) The act of nullifying; a rendering void and of no effect, or of no legal effect..
Sanction :: Sanction (n.) Anything done or said to enforce the will, law, or authority of another; as, legal sanctions..
Extort :: Extort (v. t.) To wrest from an unwilling person by physical force, menace, duress, torture, or any undue or illegal exercise of power or ingenuity; to wrench away (from); to tear away; to wring (from); to exact; as, to extort contributions from the vanquished; to extort confessions of guilt; to extort a promise; to extort payment of a debt..
Intendment :: Intendment (n.) The true meaning, understanding, or intention of a law, or of any legal instrument..
Exhibit :: Exhibit (v. t.) To submit, as a document, to a court or officer, in course of proceedings; also, to present or offer officially or in legal form; to bring, as a charge..
Jury :: "Jury (a.) A body of men, usually twelve, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced. See Grand jury under Grand, and Inquest..
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