| legality |
the quality or condition of being legal; lawfulness. [3 definitions] |
| legalize |
to make permissible by law. |
| legally |
in a way that obeys the law. |
| legal pad |
a pad of yellow or white ruled paper measuring eight and one-half by fourteen inches. |
| legal separation |
a legal agreement in which a husband and wife agree to live apart but are not divorced. |
| legal-size |
designating paper having an approximate size of eight and one-half by fourteen inches. [2 definitions] |
| legal tender |
money that may be offered to satisfy a debt and that must, by law, be accepted by the creditor. |
| legate |
an official envoy or representative, esp. a papal representative. |
| legatee |
one who receives or inherits a legacy. |
| legation |
the legate and staff of a diplomatic mission in a foreign country. [3 definitions] |
| legato |
in a smooth, even, and connected style, with no noticeable breaks between the notes (used as a musical direction). |
| legend |
a story that cannot be verified but has importance among the people of a culture and has been handed down from earlier generations, or a collection of such stories, esp. as they relate to a specific event or persons of the past. [4 definitions] |
| legendary |
of a person or thing, extraordinary to the degree that stories of this person or thing, truthful or fictitious, come to be told and passed on through time; of, based on, or like a legend. |
| legendry |
legends collectively. |
| legerdemain |
magic tricks, or skill in the performance of magical illusions; sleight of hand. [2 definitions] |
| legged |
having legs, esp. of a designated kind or number (often used in combination). |
| legging |
(often pl.) a covering of canvas, leather, or the like for the lower leg or sometimes the whole leg. |
| leggy |
having particularly long legs. |
| leghorn |
(usu. cap.) any of a Mediterranean breed of domestic chicken raised for its ability to lay many white eggs. [3 definitions] |
| legible |
capable of being deciphered; readable. |
| legion |
an ancient Roman army unit consisting of infantrymen combined with a relatively smaller number of cavalrymen. [4 definitions] |