to make something legal by passing a law
legal+ize
Shared component: legal · law
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Related forms: legal · 14 words in this dictionary
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Shared components, not spelling prefixesin a way that is allowed or required by law
legal+ly
Shared component: legal · law
Not relating to, governed by, or recognized by the law.
non+legal
Shared component: legal · law
A person trained in legal matters who assists a lawyer but is not a fully qualified lawyer.
para+legal
Shared component: legal · law
Strictly adhering to the law or to a set of rules, especially in a rigid or formal way.
legal+istic
Shared component: legal · law
Outside or beyond the authority of the law; not regulated or sanctioned by law.
extra+legal
Shared component: legal · law
Having some resemblance to or characteristics of something legal, but not fully or officially so.
quasi+legal
Shared component: legal · law
Relating to both medicine and the law.
medico+legal
Shared component: legal · law
legaleseExtended relation
the specialized and often technical language used by lawyers and in legal documents.
legal+ese
Extended relation: legal · law
legalismExtended relation
Strict adherence to the law or to a particular code, especially of religion.
legal+ism
Extended relation: legal · law
legalityExtended relation
The fact of being allowed by law; the state of being legal.
leg+al+ity
Extended relation: legal · law
legalizedExtended relation
Made lawful or permitted by official statute or authority.
legal+ize+d
Extended relation: legal · law
illegalityExtended relation
the state or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness.
il+legal+ity
Extended relation: legal · law
legal-sizeExtended relation
Denoting a standard paper size, especially in North America, measuring 8.5 by 14 inches (216 by 356 mm).
legal+size
Extended relation: legal · law