legal in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for legal in the English»French Dictionary

legal [Brit ˈliːɡ(ə)l, Am ˈliɡəl] ADJ

1. legal (relating to the law):

legal assistance, battle, career, department, document, matter, parlance, system, representative

juridique

legal mistake

judiciaire

legal medicine, process, status

légal

legal costs, fees

de justice

to take or get legal advice

consulter un avocat

2. legal (recognized by the law):

legal abortion, act, age, heir, import, limit, obligation, right, separation

légal

legal requirement

requis par la loi

legal definition, guideline, precedent

juridique

legal owner, claim

légitime

it is legal to do

il est légal de faire

it is your legal duty to do

vous êtes dans l'obligation légale de faire

3. legal (paper size):

legal Am

legal

legal action N

legal action

poursuite f judiciaire

to bring a or take legal action against sb

intenter un procès à qn

legal consultant N

legal consultant

avocat-conseil/avocate-conseil m/f

legal capacity N

legal capacity

capacité f

legal battle N

legal battle

bataille f légale

legal guardian N LAW

legal guardian

tuteur/-trice m/f légal/-e

legal document N

legal document

acte m judiciaire

legal fiction N

legal fiction

fiction f de droit or de la loi

legal holiday N Am

legal holiday

jour m férié

legal entity N

legal entity

personne f morale

legal in the PONS Dictionary

Translations for legal in the English»French Dictionary

legal [ˈli:gl] ADJ

legal

légal(e)

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legal practitioner

juriste mf

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jurisconsulte

legal adviser

notarié(e)

in due legal form

minorité pénale

legal infancy

sans-papiers

immigrant without legal papers

légal(e)

legal

faire jurisprudence

to set a (legal) precedent

juridique

legal

capacité en droit

basic legal qualification

legal Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

legal practice

cabinet m juridique f

legal practitioner

juriste mf

to start legal proceedings

engager une action en justice

legal tender

monnaie f légale

The licence is an academic qualification, awarded after three years of university study in France, four in Belgium. In Switzerland, it is an academic qualification for humanities, economics and legal faculties.

licence

to take legal action against sb

intenter une action contre qn

legal Glossary « Intégration et égalité des chances » courtesy of the French-German Youth Office

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âge légal du mariage

legal marriage age limit

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English

He used the proceeds to pay his legal costs.

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He continued his legal practice but his later years are rather obscure.

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It is a legal term of art, having specialized meaning in the law.

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If any of these eight principles is not present in a system of governance, a system will not be a legal one.

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Most of them do not have easy access to the legal materials from across the region which they need to undertake their studies.

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It also put a legal duty on married women to maintain their children alongside their husbands.

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It teaches law to undergraduate and postgraduate students, as well as conducting legal research and holding conferences.

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As legal assistant he helped acquire land for several new national parks in the east.

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After recovering $13 million out of the $15 million claimed, there was very little legal work to be done or legal advice to be given.

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Although these words have been used in policy-making and decisions for many years, they were not a legal statement.

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