1In a way that conforms to or is permitted or required by the law.
the weapons were purchased legally
the terms of the loan are legally binding
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The most common legal issue associated with verbal leases is how a lease may legally be terminated.
In Canada, only law enforcement agencies can legally use signal jammers.
Many agreements are made without a formal legally binding document.
Marriage is a legally recognized union of two people.
Whether the couple ever legally divorced also remains unclear.
Unfit poultry meat can vary from being slightly bruised to containing infections or abscesses, which is legally not even fit for pet food.
I was only twenty, not even old enough to legally purchase alcohol.
The Hunts have just three months left to hunt legally.
Property owners can in certain circumstances legally drive across common land to reach their premises.
His wife could not legally enter the U.S. at the time.
2In terms of the law; from a legal viewpoint.
this case is legally significant
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The Committee draws to the attention of the house any issue that it considers politically or legally important or that gives rise to issues of public policy.
The detective is hired by a young woman, legally a minor, to find out who murdered her father.
It is ethically and legally essential to acquire the permission of individual local communities on whose lands these species are found before they can be collected.
A common-law spouse has next-of-kin entitlement (important legally, medically and psychiatrically).
Little was gained legally from this demonstration, but it did succeed in drawing attention to the sheep producers ' plight.
She is about to lose her estate because she is a woman (and hence, 'legally dead').
If a corporation is legally a person, what kind of a person is it?
Most whites in America have some black blood due to miscegenation during the slavery era and hence are legally black themselves.
We have analysed the measures in great detail, and legally speaking, this seems a clear-cut case.
However popular digital documents are, we still trust the most valuable, legally significant information to paper.
Definition of legally in US English:
legally
adverbˈlēɡəlē
1In a way that conforms to or is permitted or required by the law.
the weapons were purchased legally
the terms of the loan are legally binding
Example sentencesExamples
The Hunts have just three months left to hunt legally.
His wife could not legally enter the U.S. at the time.
I was only twenty, not even old enough to legally purchase alcohol.
In Canada, only law enforcement agencies can legally use signal jammers.
Whether the couple ever legally divorced also remains unclear.
Property owners can in certain circumstances legally drive across common land to reach their premises.
Unfit poultry meat can vary from being slightly bruised to containing infections or abscesses, which is legally not even fit for pet food.
The most common legal issue associated with verbal leases is how a lease may legally be terminated.
Many agreements are made without a formal legally binding document.
Marriage is a legally recognized union of two people.
2In terms of the law; from a legal viewpoint.
this case is legally significant
Example sentencesExamples
However popular digital documents are, we still trust the most valuable, legally significant information to paper.
If a corporation is legally a person, what kind of a person is it?
She is about to lose her estate because she is a woman (and hence, 'legally dead').
It is ethically and legally essential to acquire the permission of individual local communities on whose lands these species are found before they can be collected.
Most whites in America have some black blood due to miscegenation during the slavery era and hence are legally black themselves.
The detective is hired by a young woman, legally a minor, to find out who murdered her father.
We have analysed the measures in great detail, and legally speaking, this seems a clear-cut case.
A common-law spouse has next-of-kin entitlement (important legally, medically and psychiatrically).
The Committee draws to the attention of the house any issue that it considers politically or legally important or that gives rise to issues of public policy.
Little was gained legally from this demonstration, but it did succeed in drawing attention to the sheep producers ' plight.