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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"allowed\"",
"word": "banned"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"allowed\"",
"word": "contraband"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"allowed\"",
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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"allowed\"",
"word": "forbidden"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"allowed\"",
"word": "illegal"
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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"allowed\"",
"word": "outlawed"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"allowed\"",
"word": "unlawful"
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{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"concerning law\"",
"word": "black-market"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"concerning law\"",
"word": "back-alley"
},
{
"sense": "antonym(s) of \"over age of consent\"",
"word": "underage"
}
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"topics": [
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"word": "chief legal officer"
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"word": "counterlegal"
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"word": "extralegal"
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"word": "hyperlegal"
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"word": "intralegal"
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{
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"word": "legal action"
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"word": "legal advice"
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"word": "legal age"
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"word": "legal aid"
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"word": "legal assistant"
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"word": "legal blindness"
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"word": "legal cap"
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"word": "legal capacity"
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"word": "legal certainty"
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{
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"word": "legal chemistry"
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"word": "legal code"
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{
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"word": "legal consequence"
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{
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"word": "legal cynicism"
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{
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"word": "legal duty"
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{
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"word": "legal eagle"
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{
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"word": "legal effect"
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"word": "legal entity"
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"word": "legal-ese"
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"word": "legalese"
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"word": "legal fiction"
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{
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"word": "legal gender"
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{
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"word": "legal height"
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{
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"word": "legal heir"
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"word": "legal hold"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "legal holiday"
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"word": "legal instrument"
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{
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"word": "legal interest"
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"word": "legalise"
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"word": "Legalism"
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"word": "legalism"
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"word": "legalist"
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"word": "legalistic"
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"word": "legalitarian"
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{
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"word": "legalize"
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{
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"word": "legal name"
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"word": "legalness"
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{
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"word": "legal notice"
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"word": "legal pad"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "legal person"
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{
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"word": "legal positivism"
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{
"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "legal professional privilege"
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"word": "legal recourse"
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"word": "legal relationship"
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"word": "legal remedy"
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{
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"word": "legal representative"
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"word": "legal separation"
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{
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"word": "legal sex"
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"word": "legal studies"
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"word": "legal system"
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"word": "legaltech"
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"word": "legal tender"
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"word": "legal vacuum"
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"word": "metalegal"
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"word": "paralegal"
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"word": "politicolegal"
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"word": "postlegal"
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"word": "prelegal"
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"word": "preterlegal"
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"word": "psycholegal"
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"word": "quasilegal"
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"word": "semilegal"
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"_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0",
"word": "sociolegal"
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"word": "sociopoliticolegal"
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"word": "street-legal"
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"word": "sublegal"
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"word": "supralegal"
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"args": {
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"2": "la",
"3": "lēgālis",
"4": "",
"5": "legal"
},
"expansion": "Latin lēgālis (“legal”)",
"name": "bor"
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{
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"1": "la",
"2": "lēx",
"3": "",
"4": "law"
},
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"name": "m"
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{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "loyal",
"3": "leal"
},
"expansion": "Doublet of loyal and leal",
"name": "doublet"
}
],
"etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”). Doublet of loyal and leal.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "more legal",
"tags": [
"comparative"
]
},
{
"form": "most legal",
"tags": [
"superlative"
]
}
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}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "adj",
"senses": [
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"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013 June 8, “Obama goes troll-hunting”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8839, page 55",
"text": "According to this saga of intellectual-property misanthropy, these creatures [patent trolls] roam the business world, buying up patents and then using them to demand extravagant payouts from companies they accuse of infringing them. Often, their victims pay up rather than face the costs of a legal battle.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "legal profession",
"type": "example"
}
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"glosses": [
"Relating to the law or to lawyers."
],
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"links": [
[
"law",
"law"
],
[
"lawyer",
"lawyer"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qānūniyy",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "قَانُونِيّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qānūni, gānūni",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "قانوني"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "iravakan",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "իրավական"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "xurídicu"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "jurydýčny",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "юрыды́чны"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "práŭny",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "пра́ўны"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pravavý",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "прававы́"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "juridíčeski",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "юриди́чески"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "práven",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "пра́вен"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "jurídic"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎlǜ de",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "法律的"
},
{
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "právní"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "retslig"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridisch"
},
{
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "rechts-"
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{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "laŭleĝa"
},
{
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"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "leĝa"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "oikeudellinen"
},
{
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"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "laki-"
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{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "lakimies-"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "lainopillinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridique"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridic"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juristisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "rechtlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nomikós",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "νομικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "nomikós",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "νομικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mishpati",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "משפטי"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "jogi"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "dleathach"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "giuridico"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hōteki na",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "法的な"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"alt": "法的",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "beopjeok",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "법적"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "legalis"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "legitimus"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "likumīgs"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "praven",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "правен"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xuulʹ josny",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "хууль ёсны"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xuuliin",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "хуулийн"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "alban josny",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "албан ёсны"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "légal"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hoquqi",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "حقوقی"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qânuni",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "قانونی"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "prawniczy"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "jurídico"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridic"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "juridíčeskij",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "юриди́ческий"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pravovój",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "правово́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "giurìdicu"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "zurìdicu"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "ligali"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "právny"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "pravniški"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "jurídico"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridisk"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "rättsligt"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "hukuki"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "adli"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "hukuksal"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "tüzel"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "jurydýčnyj",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "юриди́чний"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "právnyj",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "пра́вний"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pravovýj",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "правови́й"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "łegałe"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "luật"
},
{
"_dis1": "87 6 3 1 2 1",
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "cyfreithiol"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"text": "legal precedent",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Having its basis in the law."
],
"id": "en-legal-en-adj-qWnPS1gj",
"links": [
[
"basis",
"basis"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qānūniyy",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "قَانُونِيّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qānūni, gānūni",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "قانوني"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "iravakan",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "իրավական"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "llegal"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zakónny",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "зако́нны"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pravamjérny",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "праваме́рны"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakónov",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "зако́нов"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎdìng de",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "法定的"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "právní"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legální"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "zákonný"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "juridisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "lainmukainen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "juridinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legâl"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "juristisch"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "rechtlich"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nomikós",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "νομικός"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mishpati",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "משפטי"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legale"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hōritsu no",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "法律の"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"alt": "法律",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "beomnyul",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "법률"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "likumīgs"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zakonski",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "законски"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "rettslig"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "prawny"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legalny"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "juridic"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pravomérnyj",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "правоме́рный"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakónnyj",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "зако́нный"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "ligali"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "právny"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legálny"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "zákonný"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "praven"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "rättsligt"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "yasal"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zakónnyj",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "зако́нний"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pravomírnyj",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "правомі́рний"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 86 3 1 2 3",
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "łegałe"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "2013 August 23, “Waking life”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8850",
"text": "After 50 years, legal segregation is a distant memory, and race in America is not the unbridgeable chasm it once was. The country has a black president. The sort of comity that King evoked, in which the descendants of slaves and of slave owners “sit down together at the table of brotherhood”, can be found in many places, including the Deep South. The rate of marriage between blacks and whites is rising.",
"type": "quotation"
},
{
"text": "legal motion",
"type": "example"
}
],
"glosses": [
"Being established, permitted, required or prescribed by law."
],
"id": "en-legal-en-adj-I3ChdR2w",
"links": [
[
"establish",
"establish"
],
[
"permit",
"permit"
],
[
"require",
"require"
],
[
"prescribe",
"prescribe"
]
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qānūniyy",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "قَانُونِيّ"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qānūni, gānūni",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "قانوني"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ōrinakan",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "օրինական"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "llegal"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "qanuni"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legezko"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zakónny",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "зако́нны"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ljehálʹny",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "лега́льны"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakónen",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "зако́нен"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "legálen",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "лега́лен"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "héfǎ",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "合法"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legální"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "zákonný"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "lovlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "wettelijk"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legaal"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "wettig"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legitiem"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "laŭleĝa"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "leĝa"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "seaduslik"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "laillinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "lakisääteinen"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "légal"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legâl"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nómimos",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "νόμιμος"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "énnomos",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "ἔννομος"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ḥuki",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "חוקי"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "törvényes"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "löglegur"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "dleathach"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legale"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gōhō",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "合法"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hō ni nottotta",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "法に則った"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "taam cbap",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "តាមច្បាប់"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "srɑɑp cbap",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "ស្របច្បាប់"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hapbeopjeogin",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "합법적인"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "lēgitimus"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "likumīgs"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zakonski",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "законски"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xuulʹ josny",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "хууль ёсны"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "-a sharia"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "légal"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "lovlig"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "ǣwlīċ"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legalny"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "zgodny z prawem"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "prawowity"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "pełnomocny"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakónnyj",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "зако́нный"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "legálʹnyj",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "лега́льный"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "zakonit"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legalan"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "ligali"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "zakonit"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "halali"
},
{
"_dis1": "11 15 59 2 10 3",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "laglig"
},
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{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎlǜ de",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "法律的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "právní"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridisk"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "retslig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridisch"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "rechts-"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "laŭleĝa"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "leĝa"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "oikeudellinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "laki-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "lakimies-"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "lainopillinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridique"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridic"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"tags": [
"feminine",
"masculine"
],
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juristisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "rechtlich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nomikós",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "νομικός"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "nomikós",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "νομικός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mishpati",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "משפטי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "jogi"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "dleathach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "giuridico"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hōteki na",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "法的な"
},
{
"alt": "法的",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "beopjeok",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "법적"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "legalis"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "legitimus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "likumīgs"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "praven",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "правен"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xuulʹ josny",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "хууль ёсны"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xuuliin",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "хуулийн"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "alban josny",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "албан ёсны"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "légal"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridisk"
},
{
"code": "nn",
"lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridisk"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "hoquqi",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "حقوقی"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "qânuni",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "قانونی"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "prawniczy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "jurídico"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridic"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "juridíčeskij",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "юриди́ческий"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pravovój",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "правово́й"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "giurìdicu"
},
{
"code": "sc",
"lang": "Sardinian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "zurìdicu"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "ligali"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "právny"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "pravniški"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "jurídico"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "juridisk"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "rättsligt"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "hukuki"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "adli"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "hukuksal"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "tüzel"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "jurydýčnyj",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "юриди́чний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "právnyj",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "пра́вний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pravovýj",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "правови́й"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "łegałe"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "luật"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "relating to the law or to lawyers",
"word": "cyfreithiol"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qānūniyy",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "قَانُونِيّ"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qānūni, gānūni",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "قانوني"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "iravakan",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "իրավական"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "llegal"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zakónny",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "зако́нны"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "pravamjérny",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "праваме́рны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakónov",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "зако́нов"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "fǎdìng de",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "法定的"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "právní"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legální"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "zákonný"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "juridisch"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "lainmukainen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "juridinen"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legâl"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "juristisch"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "rechtlich"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nomikós",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "νομικός"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "mishpati",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "משפטי"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legale"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hōritsu no",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "法律の"
},
{
"alt": "法律",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "beomnyul",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "법률"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "likumīgs"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zakonski",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "законски"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "rettslig"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "prawny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legalny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "juridic"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "pravomérnyj",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "правоме́рный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakónnyj",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "зако́нный"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "ligali"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "právny"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legálny"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "zákonný"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "praven"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "rättsligt"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "yasal"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zakónnyj",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "зако́нний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "pravomírnyj",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "правомі́рний"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "having its basis in the law",
"word": "łegałe"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qānūniyy",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "قَانُونِيّ"
},
{
"code": "acw",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "qānūni, gānūni",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"tags": [
"Hijazi-Arabic"
],
"word": "قانوني"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ōrinakan",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "օրինական"
},
{
"code": "ast",
"lang": "Asturian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "llegal"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "qanuni"
},
{
"code": "eu",
"lang": "Basque",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legezko"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "zakónny",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "зако́нны"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "ljehálʹny",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "лега́льны"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zakónen",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "зако́нен"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "legálen",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "лега́лен"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "héfǎ",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "合法"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legální"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "zákonný"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "lovlig"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "wettelijk"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legaal"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "wettig"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legitiem"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "laŭleĝa"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "leĝa"
},
{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "seaduslik"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "laillinen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "lakisääteinen"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "légal"
},
{
"code": "fur",
"lang": "Friulian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legâl"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "nómimos",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "νόμιμος"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "énnomos",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "ἔννομος"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "ḥuki",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "חוקי"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "törvényes"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "löglegur"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "dleathach"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legale"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gōhō",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "合法"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "hō ni nottotta",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "法に則った"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "taam cbap",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "តាមច្បាប់"
},
{
"code": "km",
"lang": "Khmer",
"roman": "srɑɑp cbap",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "ស្របច្បាប់"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "hapbeopjeogin",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "합법적인"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "lēgitimus"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "likumīgs"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "zakonski",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "законски"
},
{
"code": "mn",
"lang": "Mongolian",
"roman": "xuulʹ josny",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "хууль ёсны"
},
{
"code": "zdj",
"lang": "Ngazidja Comorian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "-a sharia"
},
{
"code": "nrf",
"lang": "Norman",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "légal"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "lovlig"
},
{
"code": "nb",
"lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "ǣwlīċ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legalny"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "zgodny z prawem"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "prawowity"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "pełnomocny"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zakónnyj",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "зако́нный"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "legálʹnyj",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "лега́льный"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "zakonit"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legalan"
},
{
"code": "scn",
"lang": "Sicilian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "ligali"
},
{
"code": "sl",
"lang": "Slovene",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "zakonit"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "halali"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "laglig"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "legal"
},
{
"code": "bo",
"lang": "Tibetan",
"roman": "khrims mthun",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "ཁྲིམས་མཐུན"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "yasal"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "meşru"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "kanuni"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "zakónnyj",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "зако́нний"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "lehálʹnyj",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "лега́льний"
},
{
"code": "vec",
"lang": "Venetian",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "łegałe"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "hợp pháp"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "allowed or prescribed by law",
"word": "cyfreithlon"
}
],
"word": "legal"
}
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"text": "Legal wants this in writing."
}
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"The legal department of a company."
],
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"word": "illegal"
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{
"word": "undocumented"
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"Somebody who immigrated lawfully."
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"(countable, informal, US) Somebody who immigrated lawfully."
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"word": "legal"
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