{
    "term": "legal",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "connected with the law",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the **legal profession/system**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "to take/seek **legal advice**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **legal adviser/expert/team**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "**legal fees/costs**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They are currently facing a long **legal battle** in the US courts."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Campaigners have threatened to mount a **legal challenge** on human rights grounds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has already paid out thousands of pounds in legal fees."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's planning to go into the legal profession."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We were advised to take legal advice."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Do you know a good legal adviser?"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Law and justice"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "allowed or required by law",
            "sensetop": "legal for somebodylegal to doit is legal (for somebody) to do something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**legal rights/obligations**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The **legal status** of refugees was defined in the Refugee Convention of 1951."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The driver was more than three times over the **legal limit** *(= the amount of alcohol you are allowed to have in your body when you are driving)*."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Should euthanasia be made legal?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "substances such as alcohol and nicotine that are legal for adults",
                    "contextForm": "legal for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Many of these products are actually legal to use in the United States.",
                    "contextForm": "legal to do"
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is **perfectly legal** to charge extra for these services.",
                    "contextForm": "it is legal (for somebody) to do something"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Permission and obligation", "Law and justice"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "make something"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "perfectly"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈliːɡl/",
                "audio": "le/legal/legal__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈliːɡl/",
                "audio": "le/legal/legal__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (in the sense ‘to do with Mosaic law’): from French, or from Latin legalis, from lex, leg- ‘law’. Compare with loyal."
}