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
Legalese is a colloquial term for technical language used in the legal profession. A great deal of legalese is Latin. The reason for this is that for centuries, Latin was the international lingua ...
Legal terminology refers to a set of technical words and phrases that legal regulations and federal bodies use to make a statement. Legal terms convey lawful doctrines in an ordinance, civil...
1. legal - established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules. lawful - conformable to or allowed by law; "lawful methods of dissent". legitimate - of marriages and offspring; recognized as lawful. illegal - prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules; "an illegal chess move". 2.