Legends

Definition

legal / 'li:gl / adj ၁။ ဥပေဒဆိုင္ရာ။ ဥပေဒေရးရာ။ တရားေရးရာ။ the company’s legal adviser ❍ the legal system / profession ❍ seek legal advice ❍ He may take legal action against the accountants involved. ၂။ တရားဝင္ေသာ။ ဥပေဒက ခြင့္ျပဳေသာ။ ဥပေဒႏွင့္ ညီၫြတ္ေသာ။ drink more than the legal limit of alcohol for driving ❍ Should euthanasia be made legal? ❍ What’s the legal position on this? ❏ legal aid n [pl] ဥပေဒအက်ဳိးေဆာင္မႈအတြက္ အစိုးရ၏ အေထာက္အပံ့။ She has applied for legal aid. ❏ legalistic adj ( usu derog ) ဥပေဒေၾကာင္းအတိုင္း လိုက္ လြန္းေသာ။ adopt a narrow legalistic approach to a dispute. ❏ legally / 'li:gǝli / adv ဥပေဒအရ။ တရားဝင္။ be legally responsible for sth ❍ a legally binding document. ❏ legal proceedings n [pl] ဥပေဒေၾကာင္းအရ အေရးယူမႈ။ take / begin / threaten legal proceedings (against sb). ❏ legal tender n [U] တရားဝင္ေၾကးေငြ။ The old ten-pound note is no longer legal tender.

Examples

1. You may wish to seek legal advice before signing the contract.
2. Johnson’s legal fees amounted to over £2.5 million.
3. China’s legal system
4. It is perfectly legal to import these goods under European law.
5. Legal drugs
6. [legal limit/maximum/minimum etc] : The driver’s blood-alcohol level was three times the legal limit.
7. The child’s legal guardians
8. [legal right/requirement] : Safe disposal of industrial waste is a legal requirement.