Legal
Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid.
According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.
According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.
Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.
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Legal Quotations
Never forget that everything Hitler did in Germany was legal.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Potentially, a government is the most dangerous threat to man's rights: it holds a legal monopoly on the use of physical force against legally disarmed victims.
Ayn Rand
The legal system is often a mystery, and we, its priests, preside over rituals baffling to everyday citizens.
Henry Miller
The duty of government is to leave commerce to its own capital and credit as well as all other branches of business, protecting all in their legal pursuits, granting exclusive privileges to none.
Andrew Jackson
Children must be considered in a divorce considered valuable pawns in the nasty legal and financial contest that is about to ensue.
P. J. O'Rourke
I think a child should be allowed to take his father's or mother's name at will on coming of age. Paternity is a legal fiction.
James Joyce
After the chaos and carnage of September 11th, it is not enough to serve our enemies with legal papers.
George W. Bush
You cannot have maternal health without reproductive health. And reproductive health includes contraception and family planning and access to legal, safe abortion.
Hillary Clinton
Anybody who thinks talk is cheap should get some legal advice.
Franklin P. Jones
The Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin has a legal right to ride in a golf cart between shots at PGA Tour events. Man, the next thing you know, they're going to have some guy carry his clubs around for him.
Jon Stewart
Legal Translations
legal in Dutch is gewettigd, wettelijk, wettig, legaal
legal in Latin is canonicus, forensis
legal in Norwegian is lovlig
legal in Spanish is juridico, legal, judicial
legal in Swedish is laglig, giltiga
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