LEGAL

Definitions

1. 1. 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. 2. According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.
3. 3. According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses
4. 4. Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets. Bouvier. Burrill. Legal cap. See under Cap. -- Legal tender. (a) The act of tendering in the performance of a contract or satisfaction of a claim that which the law prescribes or permits, and at such time and place as the law prescribes or permits.
5. 5. That currency, or money, which the law authorizes a debtor to tender and requires a creditor to receive. It differs in different countries.