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| able |
legally qualified, certified, or authorized. [1/3 definitions] |
| adult |
a person who is considered legally responsible. [1/6 definitions] |
| age of consent |
the age at which a person, usu. female, is legally considered to be competent to consent to sexual relations, used as a standard in determining whether statutory rape has occurred. |
| agreement |
a legally binding contract, compact, or covenant, or the document that represents it. [1/5 definitions] |
| alienable |
legally transferable from one owner to another. |
| assign |
to legally transfer interest, property, or rights. [1/6 definitions] |
| assignee |
a person to whom a right, claim, interest, or property is legally transferred. [1/2 definitions] |
| award |
that which is declared to be legally due. [1/4 definitions] |
| bankrupt |
in a state of having been legally declared incapable of paying off one's debts and having one's assets administered by a court to compensate creditors. [2/6 definitions] |
| bankruptcy |
the condition of being legally insolvent or bankrupt; impoverishment or destitution. [1/2 definitions] |
| binder |
a temporary, legally valid agreement to purchase insurance, property, or the like, usu. involving partial payment. [1/4 definitions] |
| common-law marriage |
a marriage not contracted through a religious or civil ceremony but recognized as legal after the partners have lived together for a legally specified period of time. |
| community property |
property acquired by a husband, wife, or both together that is legally regarded as being owned by them jointly. |
| competence |
in law, the state or quality of being legally qualified, capable, or of sound mind. [1/3 definitions] |
| competent |
in law, legally capable, qualified, or admissible. [1/3 definitions] |
| compos mentis |
(Latin) in one's right mind; legally sane. |
| concurrent resolution |
a resolution passed by both houses of a bicameral legislative body that is not legally binding and does not require the chief executive's signature. |
| contract |
an agreement, usu. legally binding, entered into by two or more parties that specifies what each party will do or not do. [1/8 definitions] |
| copyright |
legally protected by copyright. [1/3 definitions] |
| custom |
in law, such traditional practices of a social group regarded as legally binding because of long usage. [1/8 definitions] |
| de facto |
in reality, if not officially or legally. [1/3 definitions] |
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