legal
legal
adjective
OPAL W
/ˈliːɡl/
1 only before noun connected with the law
the legal profession/system
to take/seek legal advice
a legal adviser/expert/team
legal fees/costs
They are currently facing a long legal battle in the US courts.
Campaigners have threatened to mount a legal challenge on human rights grounds.
Culture the legal system
TOPICS Law and justice B1
2 allowed or required by law
legal rights/obligations
The legal status of refugees was defined in the Refugee Convention of 1951.
The driver was more than three times over the legal limit (= the amount of alcohol you are allowed to have in your body when you are driving).
Should euthanasia be made legal?
legal for somebody substances such as alcohol and nicotine that are legal for adults
legal to do Many of these products are actually legal to use in the United States.
it is legal (for somebody) to do something It is now perfectly legal to gamble online in Nevada.
OPPOSITE illegal
TOPICS Permission and obligation B1
TOPICS Law and justice B1
Collocations
verbs
be
become
make something
adverb
completely
perfectly
Word Origin
late Middle English (in the sense ‘to do with Mosaic law’): from French, or from Latin legalis, from lex, leg- ‘law’. Compare with loyal.