legal

Meanings

Adjective

• Relating to the law or to lawyers.
• Having its basis in the law.
• Being allowed or prescribed by law.
• Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.
• (of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm) (also legal-size).

Noun

• The legal department of a company.
• Paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm).
• A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.
• Somebody who immigrated lawfully.

Related

Opposite words

• banned, contraband, disallowed, forbidden, illegal, outlawed, unlawful
• black-market, back-alley
• underage

Origin

• Borrowed from Latin lēgālis ("legal"), from lēx. loyal, and leal.