LEGAL

I. adjective Etymology: Anglo-French, from Latin ~is, from leg-, lex law Date: circa 1500 of or relating to law, 2. deriving authority from or founded on law ; de jure , having a formal status derived from law often without a basis in actual fact ; titular , established by law, conforming to or permitted by law or established rules, recognized or made effective by a court of law as distinguished from a court of equity, of, relating to, or having the characteristics of the profession of law or of one of its members, created by the constructions of the law , see: lawful ~ly adverb II. noun Date: 1526 one that conforms to rules or the law