legal
English
/ˈliː.ɡəl/, /ˈliɡəl/
adj
Definitions
- Relating to the law or to lawyers.
- Having its basis in the law.
- Being allowed or prescribed by law.
- (informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
- (US) (of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm) (also legal-size).
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin lēgālis (legal).
Origin
Latin
lēgālis
Gloss
legal
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- alegal English
- antilegal English
- counterlegal English
- cyberlegal English
- delegalize English
- dentolegal English
- extralegal English
- extralegally English
- illegalize English
- intralegal English
- juridico-legal English
- legalese English
- legalisation English
- legalise English
- legalism English
- legalist English
- legalistic English
- legalistically English
- legality English
- legalizable English
- legalization English
- legalize English
- legalizer English
- legally English
- legalness English
- medicolegal English
- medicolegality English
- medicolegally English
- metalegal English
- nonlegal English
- nonlegalistic English
- paralegal English
- politicolegal English
- postlegal English
- prelegal English
- preterlegal English
- pseudolegal English
- pseudolegality English
- psycholegal English
- quasilegal English
- relegalise English
- relegalize English
- semilegal English
- semilegally English
- sociolegal English
- sociolegally English
- sublegal English
- unlegalistic English
- illegalis Latin
- illēgālis Latin
- lēgālis Latin
- legal German
- loyal French
- loyauté French
- légal French
- legal Spanish, Castilian
- legal Portuguese
- legalny Polish
- legal Danish
- leal, leial, loial Old French
- leial Old French
- loial Old French
- loyal Old French
- legal Catalan, Valencian
- lleial Catalan, Valencian
- legal Galician
- légal Norman
- легален Bulgarian
- Legalism Chinese
- lleal Asturian
- llegal Asturian
- legâl Friulian
- leâl Friulian
- łegałe Venetian
- alegal
- legally
- legality
- legalise
- legalist
- legalese
- legalism
- legalize
- prelegal
- sublegal
- nonlegal
- postlegal
- legalizer
- legalness
- metalegal
- semilegal
- antilegal
- paralegal
- delegalize
- cyberlegal
- illegalize
- legalistic
- sociolegal
- extralegal
- relegalize
- relegalise
- intralegal
- quasilegal
- dentolegal
- pseudolegal
- psycholegal
- medicolegal
- preterlegal
- legalizable
- semilegally
- unlegalistic
- counterlegal
- legalisation
- legalization
- extralegally
- sociolegally
- nonlegalistic
- politicolegal
- medicolegally
- juridico-legal
- legalistically
- pseudolegality
- medicolegality