Legal ˈliːɡl Adjective Bre Profession/System Take/Seek Advice Adviser

• the legal profession/system
• to take/seek legal advice
• a legal adviser
• legal costs

legal

1. connected with the law
• See related entries: Justice
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/justice/legal
• the legal profession/system
• to take/seek legal advice
• a legal adviser
• legal costs
• They are currently facing a long legal battle in the US courts.
2. allowed or required by law
• opposite illegal
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/illegal_1
• 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).
• Should euthanasia be made legal?

Extra Examples

• It is perfectly legal to charge extra for these services.
• Should the use of this drug be made legal?
• Do you know a good legal adviser?
• He has already paid out thousands of pounds in legal fees.
• He’s planning to go into the legal profession.
• The driver was more than three times over the legal limit.
• They are facing a long legal battle in the US courts.
• We were advised to take legal advice.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (in the sense ‘to do with Mosaic law’): from French, or from Latin legalis, from lex, leg- ‘law’. Compare with loyal.