jur. |
accordance to law; according to law; justified; legally valid; right; valid; eligible (Alexander Matytsin); qualifying (Alexander Matytsin); legally acceptable (To defend an unfair dismissal claim an employer must firstly satisfy the Employment Tribunal that the employee was dismissed for a legally acceptable reason pursuant to s. 98 of the Employment Rights Act 1996 (ERA). LE Alexander Demidov); lawful (if you wanted to say that something was legally permissible, you could use the Old Norse (Scandinavian)-derived word, lawful. Alternatively, you could use the Latin-derived word, legitimate. Or, if you wanted a more emotive word, you could use the Old English word, right. LE2 Alexander Demidov) |