Definitions

legal

[lee-guhl] / ˈli gəl /

ADJECTIVE

allowable, permissible

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constitutional contractual fair juridical lawful legitimate proper statutory valid

WEAK

acknowledged allowed authorized card-carrying chartered clean condign decreed due enforceable enforced enjoined forensic granted innocent judged judicial just justifiable justified legalized legit licit on the level on the up and up ordained passed precedented prescribed protected right rightful sanctioned sound straight sure-enough warranted within the law

Antonyms

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illegal illegitimate invalid unacceptable unlawful

WEAK

illicit wrong

Example Sentences

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NAHT's bid to bring a legal challenge against Ofsted's new system for grading schools was dismissed at the High Court last year.

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Anthropic’s announcement this week sent shares of legal publishing and legal technology companies plummeting.

From Los Angeles Times

Judge Goozée told Westminster Magistrates' Court the arguments raised by San Diego's legal team were rejected.

From BBC

After days of legal wrangling and online outcry, the Minion will skate in Milan after all.

From BBC

He told the court the legal case brought by him and Furnish "contains the most horrendous things in the world that you can ever suffer from a privacy point of view".

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