legal

legal is a 5-letter English word with 9 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 6 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

5 letters · Scrabble 6 · Words With Friends 9 · 9 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. 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.
2. adjective. According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.
3. adjective. According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.
4. adjective. Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.
5. adjective. allowed by official rules

   "a legal pass receiver"

6. adjective. established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules
7. adjective. having legal efficacy or force

   "a sound title to the property"

   Synonyms: effectual, sound

8. adjective. of or relating to jurisprudence

   "legal loophole"

9. adjective. relating to or characteristic of the profession of law

   "the legal profession"

Synonyms

effectual, sound

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in legal:

egall

Common word forms

legals, legally, legalise, legality, legalize, legalness

Words from these letters

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