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{
"term": "legal",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"academic": true,
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "connected with the law",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "the **legal profession/system**"
},
{
"text": "to take/seek **legal advice**"
},
{
"text": "a **legal adviser/expert/team**"
},
{
"text": "**legal fees/costs**"
},
{
"text": "They are currently facing a long **legal battle** in the US courts."
},
{
"text": "Campaigners have threatened to mount a **legal challenge** on human rights grounds."
},
{
"text": "She has already paid out thousands of pounds in legal fees."
},
{
"text": "He's planning to go into the legal profession."
},
{
"text": "We were advised to take legal advice."
},
{
"text": "Do you know a good legal adviser?"
}
],
"topics": ["Law and justice"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "allowed or required by law",
"sensetop": "legal for somebodylegal to doit is legal (for somebody) to do something",
"cefr": "b1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**legal rights/obligations**"
},
{
"text": "The **legal status** of refugees was defined in the Refugee Convention of 1951."
},
{
"text": "The driver was more than three times over the **legal limit** *(= the amount of alcohol you are allowed to have in your body when you are driving)*."
},
{
"text": "Should euthanasia be made legal?"
},
{
"text": "substances such as alcohol and nicotine that are legal for adults",
"contextForm": "legal for somebody"
},
{
"text": "Many of these products are actually legal to use in the United States.",
"contextForm": "legal to do"
},
{
"text": "It is **perfectly legal** to charge extra for these services.",
"contextForm": "it is legal (for somebody) to do something"
}
],
"topics": ["Permission and obligation", "Law and justice"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "become", "make something"],
"adverb": ["completely", "perfectly"]
}
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈliːɡl/",
"audio": "le/legal/legal__gb_2.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈliːɡl/",
"audio": "le/legal/legal__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘to do with Mosaic law’): from French, or from Latin legalis, from lex, leg- ‘law’. Compare with loyal."
}