le‧gal S2 W1 AC / liɡ ə l / 形容词

1 if something is legal, you are allowed to do it or have to do it by law 反义词 illegal :

What the company has done is perfectly legal.

plans to make the carrying of identity cards a legal requirement

He had twice the legal limit of alcohol in his bloodstream.

a pressure group that is campaigning to make cannabis legal

2 [仅用于名词前] concerned with or relating to the law :

free legal advice

a costly legal dispute

the Scottish legal system

the legal profession (= lawyers )

3 legal action/proceedings the use of the legal system to settle an argument, put right an unfair situation etc :

She threatened to take legal action against the hospital.

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