legal: [16] The Latin term for a ‘law’ was lex. From its stem form leg- come English legal, legislator [17] (which goes back to a Latin compound meaning literally ‘one who proposes a law’), and legitimate [15]. Loyal is a doublet of legal, acquired via Old French rather than directly from Latin. Another derivative of legwas the Latin verb lēgāre ‘depute, commission, bequeath’, which has given English colleague, college, delegate [14], legacy [14], and legation [15]. => colleague, college, delegate, legacy, loyal
legal (adj.)
mid-15c. "of or pertaining to the law," from Middle French légal or directly from Latin legalis "legal, pertaining to the law," from lex (genitive legis) "law," possibly related to legere "to gather," on notion of "a collection of rules" (see lecture (n.)).
Sense of "permitted by law" is from 1640s. Related: Legally. The Old French form was leial, loial (see leal, loyal). Legal tender is from 1740.
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1. But legal experts are not sure if such a charge can stick.
しかし、法律専門家たちはこの告発が成立したかどうかを確信することはできない。
2.She was the only woman in Shell 's legal department.
シェル社の法律事務部で唯一の女性である。
3. Legal action is being taken to try to recover the money.
そのお金を回収するための訴訟が行われている。
4.Two leading law firms are to prepare legal actions against tobacco companies.
2つの有名な弁護士事務所がタバコ会社を提訴する準備をしている。
5.We are taking advice on legal steps to recover the money.