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Black’s Law Dictionary 1st Edition, page 699:
LEGAL. 1. Conforming to the law; according to law; required of permitted by law; not forbidden or discountenanced by law’; good and effectual i law.
2. Proper of sufficient to be recognized by the law; cognizable in the courts; competent or adequate to fulfill the requirement of the law.
3. Cognizable in courts of law, as distinguished from courts of equity; construed or governed by the rules and principles of law, in contradistinction to rules of equity.
4. Posited by the courts as the inference or imputation of the law, as a matter of construction, rather than established by actual proof; e.g., legal malice. See LAWFUL.
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