(a.) 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.
(a.) According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.
(a.) According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.
(a.) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.
Example Sentences:
(1) Other articles in the series will look at particular legal problems in the dental specialties.
(2) We are pursuing legal action because there are still so many unanswered questions about the viability of Shenhua’s proposed koala plan and it seems at this point the plan does not guarantee the survival of the estimated 262 koalas currently living where Shenhua wants to put its mine,” said Ranclaud.
(3) It is entirely proper for serving judges to set out the arguments in high-profile cases to help public understanding of the legal issues, as long as it is done in an even-handed way.
(4) Tables provide data for Denmark in reference to: 1) number of legal abortions and the abortion rates for 1940-1977; 2) distribution of abortions by season, 1972-1977; 3) abortion rates by maternal age, 1971-1977; 4) oral contraceptive and IUD sales for 1977-1978; and 5) number of births and estimated number of abortions and conceptions, 1960-1975.
(5) Neil Blessitt Bristol • We need to establish what the legal position is with regard to the establishment by the government of a private company co-owned by the Department of Health and the French firm Sopra Steria.
(6) This article discusses the advantages, clinical uses, limitations, and legal aspects of this mydriatic antagonist in optometric practice.
(7) And this has opened up a loophole for businesses to be morally bankrupt, ignoring the obligations to its workforce because no legal conduct has been established.” Whatever the outcome of the pending lawsuits, it’s unlikely that just one model will work for everybody.
(8) In view of many ethical and legal problems, connected in some countries with obtaining human fetal tissue for transplantation, cross-species transplants would be an attractive alternative.
(9) On 18 March 1996, the force agreed, without admitting any wrongdoing by any officer, to pay Tomkins £40,000 compensation, and £70,000 for his legal costs.
(10) The HKSAR government will continue to follow up on the matter so as to protect the legal rights of the people of Hong Kong."
(11) According to the Howard League for Penal Reform, which is backing the legal challenge, every year 75,0000 17-year-olds are held in custody.
(12) She successfully appealed against the council’s decision to refuse planning permission, but neighbours have launched a legal challenge to be heard at the high court in June.
(13) What’s needed is manifesto commitments from all the main political parties to improve the help single homeless people are legally entitled to.
(14) We believe our proposal will save taxpayers about £4m and reduce by about 11,000 the number of legally aided cases brought by prisoners each year.
(15) Defendants on legal aid will no longer be able to choose their solicitor.
(16) We now look forward to a judicial process which will apply impartial analysis and clear legal standards."
(17) Ethical, legal, and practical implications of this problem are discussed.
(18) While it’s not unknown to see such self-balancing mini scooters on the pavement, under legal guidance reiterated on Monday by the Crown Prosecution Service all such “personal transporters”, including hoverboards and Segways , are banned from the footpath.
(19) We are confident that the European commission’s state aid decision on Hinkley Point C is legally robust,” a spokeswoman for Britain’s Department of Energy and Climate Change said last week.
(20) At present, anyone can bring a legal action for an indefinite period over a posted article.
Parson
Definition:
(n.) A person who represents a parish in its ecclesiastical and corporate capacities; hence, the rector or incumbent of a parochial church, who has full possession of all the rights thereof, with the cure of souls.
(n.) Any clergyman having ecclesiastical preferment; one who is in orders, or is licensed to preach; a preacher.
Example Sentences:
(1) An untiring advocate of the joys and merits of his adopted home county, Bradbury figured Norfolk as a place of writing parsons, farmer-writers and sensitive poets: John Skelton, Rider Haggard, John Middleton Murry, William Cowper, George MacBeth, George Szirtes.
(2) But British ambassador Sir Anthony Parsons famously got it wrong, reporting that the shah's position was secure as late as 1978.
(3) Nick Parsons, head of strategy at National Australia Bank, said: "Europe's leaders probably thought they had bought themselves three months.
(4) Chandler Parsons scored on a reverse layup with 0.9 seconds left to give Houston the lead but there was just enough time for Lillard to hit a 3 that will go down in Blazers folklore.
(5) The decision to move Parsons and Woodhouse to the Conservative party payroll represents an embarrassment for Cameron, who strongly defended paying them from public funds during his tour of China last week.
(6) But Steve Parsons, the club secretary of Staines Town Football Club, who campaigned against the change, said: "The council have decided they don't want to be linked with the Ali G show.
(7) In its original format the show was was presented by Mark Lawson from 1994 until 2005, when Kearney and Wark took over, and in the early years often featured a regular panel of Tom Paulin, Allison Pearson and Tony Parsons.
(8) The five projects selected are those that the government's engineering consultants, Parsons Brinckerhoff, deemed to be based on the most proven technology.
(9) In a statement released on Thursday night, Parsons’ employers, Business and Commercial Finance Club said they were suspending Josh from work with immediate effect pending investigation into his alleged role in the Métro incident.
(10) "I have a sense that he smoked because he was addicted, as I was," Parsons said.
(11) The salaries of Parsons and Woodhouse, between £36,000 and £44,000 each, will now be paid for by the Conservative party.
(12) The European Union and the International Monetary Fund had handed enormous power to the Greeks, Parsons argued, just as Theseus handed power to Hippolyta by agreeing to lay down his sword.
(13) Nick Parsons, head of strategy at NAB Capital, said that any bail-out of LDV by the government was unlikely to lead to a single extra van being sold.
(14) Earlier this month, the Guardian revealed allegations that the government's engineering consultants , Parsons Brinckerhoff, had miscalculated the costs of a tidal lagoon project of the kind championed by FOE.
(15) Two leading sociological theorists of mental illness, Parsons and Scheff, depict the mentally ill as enacting a deviant social role which sets them apart from others.
(16) The perfused in situ rat jejunum preparation originally described by Hanson and Parsons (1976) was adapted for use in absorption and metabolism studies with drugs.
(17) According to a Cabinet Office source, at least one senior minister questioned the appropriateness of hiring Parsons as a civil servant but the appointment was pushed through with the support of Cameron and his director of communications, Andy Coulson.
(18) All of Fort McMurray, with the exception of Parson’s Creek, was under a mandatory evacuation order on Tuesday, said Robin Smith, press secretary for the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo in the Canadian province.
(19) Marshall did not give details on redundancies and Parsons Brinckerhoff is the only Balfour Beatty business up for sale.
(20) A No 10 source said: "The PM has decided that Andrew Parsons and Nicky Woodhouse will no longer be paid for by the taxpayer.