Collocations for "legal"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "legal" in context.
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legal
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- [is, need] a legal [representative, advisor]
- the legal department (at)
- a legal [process, definition, framework, system]
- [is, establish] a legal basis for
- have a legal case (against)
- legal [responsibility, options, privacy]
- has the legal responsibility to
- is (not) of legal age (to)
- is [under, above, of] the legal age
- the legal age for [driving, sexual consent, marriage]
- [provide, obtain, seek] legal [services, advice, information, documents]
- their legal status (in the country)
- [take, undertake, start] legal action (against)
- start legal proceedings (against)
- (not) [comply with, fulfil, meet] the legal requirements (of)
- was [served, given, issued] a legal notice
- [pay, charge for] legal fees
- the legal [ramifications, implications] of
- [jobs, positions, experts] in the legal sector
- in the legal profession
- a [book, glossary, dictionary] of legal terms
- the [attempt, act, contract, payment] was not legal
- that can't be legal!
- Is that (even) legal?
'legal' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
abbreviation
- action
- administrator
- advice
- advocate
- age
- alien
- assertion
- authorization
- bankrupt
- barely
- basis
- battle
- case
- challenge
- cite
- coin
- competence
- competent
- consult
- context
- contract
- correspondence
- counsel
- county
- covenant
- currency
- defendant
- defense
- definition
- dictionary
- director
- disclaimer
- disgrace
- disorder
- dispute
- document
- documentation
- eagle
- employer
- entitlement
- entity
- exceed
- failing
- fee
- framework
- grind
- ground
- guardian
- hanging