Legal

lē′gal, adj. pertaining to, or according to, law: lawful: created by law: ( theol. ) according to the Mosaic law or dispensation.— n. Lē′gal isātion .— v.t. Lē′galise , to make legal or lawful: to authorise: to sanction.— ns. Lē′galism , strict adherence to law: ( theol. ) the doctrine that salvation depends on strict adherence to the law, as distinguished from the doctrine of salvation by grace: the tendency to observe the letter rather than the spirit of religious law; Lē′galist ; Legal′ity .— adv. Lē′gally .— Legal tender , that which can be lawfully used in paying a debt. [Fr.,—L. legal is — lex , leg is , law.]