legal

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Allowed or required by law.

   It is not legal to drive without a licence.

2. 2
   adj

   Relating to the law or to lawyers.

   She needs legal advice about the contract.

3. 3
   adj

   Following the rules of a system, such as a game.

   If you have no legal move but are not in check, the game is a draw.

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Simplified etymology

Legal entered English in the late Middle English period through French and ultimately comes from Latin lex, leg- “law.”

Learned borrowing from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”). Doublet of loyal and leal.

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