(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.
Statutory
Definition:
(a.) Enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision.
Example Sentences:
(1) There will be no statutory inquiry or independent review into the notorious clash between police and miners at Orgreave on 18 June 1984 , the home secretary, Amber Rudd, has announced.
(2) Roger Madelin, the chief executive of the developers Argent, which consulted the prince's aides on the £2bn plan to regenerate 27 hectares (67 acres) of disused rail land at Kings Cross in London, said the prince now has a similar stature as a consultee as statutory bodies including English Heritage, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and professional bodies including Riba and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors.
(3) The statutory age of retirement for clergy is 70, although vicars’ terms can be extended by his or her bishop.
(4) Any MP who claims this is not statutory regulation is a liar, and should be forced to retract and apologise, or face a million pound fine.
(5) This article examines current statutory and common law analyses of malpractice issues in transplantation, with particular attention given to issues of informed consent as they arise both for the organ donor and donee.
(6) The actual number at risk could be far higher, since that figure excludes historic buildings, sites and remains which have no statutory protection – a large proportion of them.
(7) Peter Vipond, director of regulation and tax at the Association of British Insurers, said: "We are concerned that so far none of the bodies will have a statutory objective to maintain London's competitiveness as a global financial sector – this is too valuable a prize to be thrown away."
(8) This is fostered by recent syllabuses and guides produced by British statutory bodies responsible for basic and postbasic nursing research.
(9) Seventy-two psychiatrists were trained in one of two procedures: those in the sequential evaluation condition were trained in the process and forms used by the SSA's reviewing medical consultants, and those in the statutory definition condition were trained in the statutory definition of disability and application of clinical judgment according to this standard.
(10) It should be noted that the last government introduced an entitlement for up to six months paternity leave in 2010, claiming the mother's statutory maternity pay entitlement in her place if she returns to work.
(11) Local authorities were tasked to ensure adequate numbers of affordable childcare places, which was swiftly followed by statutory paternity leave, maternity pay, childcare vouchers and – perhaps most crucially of all – wider social acceptance of the link between childcare and employment.
(12) But far from maintaining the expenditure needed, ministers have been drastically reducing the amount of public money available, according to the Committee on Climate Change , the statutory body set up to advise parliament on how to meet greenhouse gas targets.
(13) The charity said it had struggled financially because philanthropic and public donations had shrunk at a time when it had to meet the practical and emotional needs of an increasing number of high-risk vulnerable children who are not being supported by the statutory system.
(14) Because what we tend to find, I mean with Forward, we're hearing very often, we get calls from statutory agencies who are telling us, "I've got a girl, I don't know what to do."
(15) The most cautious would simply be to replace the PCC with a statutory body – Ofpress – performing functions similar to those performed by Ofcom in relation to the broadcast media.
(16) The information was not relayed to the Independent Police Complaints Commission either, though police have a statutory obligation to inform the watchdog when there is evidence of a person dying after contact with officers.
(17) Cameron is minded to demand a toughened up form of independent regulation, but to give the newspaper industry six months to put its house in order or face statutory controls.
(18) But the Government’s statutory advisers, the Committee on Climate Change, have said in no uncertain terms that there is no scientific or legal basis to do so, and if anything carbon pollution limits should be made tougher.
(19) The limits of determination using HPTLC were always at least four times lower than Italian statutory limits.
(20) That’s why we passed the Sex Offences Act 2003, which made sex with a minor statutory rape.