legal community
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈliːɡəl kəˈmjunɪti/
- Specialized
:
comunidad jurídica
- The local legal community gathered to discuss updates to the law and share best practices.
- members of the legal community
- international legal community
Examples
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For several decades, the international legal community has attempted to realize a permanent international criminal court.
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The Carnegie Foundation's report has resonated with many in the legal community.
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"It's a very friendly kind of legal community and very progressive," he says.
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Get your colleagues in the international legal community to raise their heads and make a statement.
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Members of the legal community were identified as critical stakeholders to be included in these focus groups.
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Both the scientific and legal communities support this recommendation.
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West believes it will create growth by catering to specific markets within the legal community.
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Document retention policies have become a hot topic for the legal community.
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"We are benefiting the firm and the legal community at large."
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Of course, conservative members of the legal community have long recognized the Journal's place in the struggle for reform.
Academic text (2002)
Synonyms
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6.3
The group of people who can work as lawyers in an area
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3.3
A group of people qualified and licensed to practice law in a country or area
How Large
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5.5
- Specialized
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3.4
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'legal' (pertaining to law) combined with 'community' (a group of people) yields a group of people connected by law or the legal profession. This is a common, cross-linguistic collocation and follows standard adjective+noun composition, so a B1 learner who knows both words would readily infer the intended meaning.
Etymology
Legal community is like a small neighborhood of people who work with the law, such as lawyers, judges and law teachers, who meet, share news and help each other. So, the word legal means law and community means a group, which is why the phrase means 'all people who are qualified to practice law in a place'.