legal

adjective | \ ˈlē-gəl \ | le·gal
  1. : of or relating to law or the processes of law a legal question take legal action

  1. a : deriving authority from or founded on law a legal tariff rate a legal government

    b : of or relating to the study of law continuing legal education

    c : having a status derived from law : recognized as such by law a legal certainty

    d : created by operation of especially statutory law legal incompetence a legal presumption — compare conventional 1, judicial 2

    e : established by law the legal test for mental capacity

  1. : conforming to or permitted by law : lawful a referendum to make gambling legal

  1. : recognized or made effective under principles of law as distinguished from principles of equity : deriving from or existing or valid in law as distinguished from equity — see also equity — compare equitable

  1. a : of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the profession of law or one of its members a corporate legal department the legal community

    b : of or relating to the study of law continuing legal education