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Definition of: legal
(lē′gəl) adjective
1. Created or permitted by law.
2. Of, pertaining to, or connected with law: the legal mind.
3. In conformity with law; lawful: a legal rate of interest.
4. Capable of being remedied by a resort to law, as distinguished from equity.
5. Characteristic of those who practice law: He has a legal approach to all situations.
6. Theol. a Relating to or founded upon the Mosaic law. b Pertaining to the doctrine of salvation by works rather than by grace.
—noun plural Investments legally open to trustees, fiduciaries, etc. [<OF legal <L legalis <lex, legis law. Doublet of LOYAL.]
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