legal
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈliːɡəl/
- Any corporation is an artificial legal being totally at the mercy of the government.
Examples
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There is a chain, a legal chain of ownership.
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Legal says James has to co-sign the order to shut down the 93 before we take action.
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The buyer has to provide their legal name and their address.
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A contract in a financial legal sense is to define the terms.
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Trying to translate a brief from Legal into English can produce some pretty strange results.
Academic text (1995) -
First Venture Legal and its attorneys claim no special training or expertise in any particular area of law.
Blog text (22) -
And that laid the ground for the NAACP Legal Defense Fund.
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Daniel Posner, Head of Legal.
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Brian A. Hall is a member at Traverse Legal, PLC, an intellectual property and internet law firm.
Blog text (14) -
Before finalizing the sale, the buyer must submit their legal documents to the attorney.
Synonyms
∞
1.9
Official documents that show who you are or give legal information
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2.4
Documents and forms that are needed for official work
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3.1
An official paper that records an agreement, right, or contract
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3.3
A record issued by an authority that shows a legal agreement or gives a right
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6.1
A formal written document that creates a legal right or agreement
Compounds
- Formal
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3.4
A person or organisation legally chosen to care for someone and manage their money if they cannot care for themselves
- Formal
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3.9
A position under the law for a person, group, or thing, for example a citizen
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3.3
A group of people qualified and licensed to practice law in a country or area
- Formal
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6.1
A written statement by a judge or court explaining why they decided a case
- Specialized
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3.4
People like lawyers or judges who practice law in a particular area
- Formal
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3.9
A person who can act for someone in legal matters, for example signing papers
- Formal
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4.8
A formal set of actions in court that a judge uses to decide a dispute
- Formal
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4.9
An official decision by a court or agreement that lets a married couple live apart while still married
- Formal
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3.9
The home a person has and plans to return to for official matters like taxes or voting
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8.3
A problem about law that is difficult to solve because it has many different parts
- Specialized
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4.0
Very poor sight that the law measures as 20/200 vision or a very small field of view
- Formal
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6.7
A relationship between people or groups that the law recognizes, like lawyer and client
- Specialized
A computer program that helps lawyers draft and review legal documents
- Archaic
Land or money given to a woman as part of a marriage agreement to keep if her husband dies
- Specialized
Work done by a person who is not a lawyer to help legal cases, like preparing documents and doing research
Surface Forms
Etymology
Legal (used as a noun, often 'legals') also comes from the Latin word lex ('law'), the same root you see in legislation. So when people talk about the legals they mean the documents or rules that the law requires.