Crime and Punishment: leg, legis (law)

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  1. legal
    established by or founded upon law or official rules
  2. legislate
    make laws or bills
  3. privilege
    a special advantage or benefit not enjoyed by all
  4. allege
    report or maintain
  5. legislature
    an assembly that makes, amends, or repeals laws
  6. legitimate
    authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
  7. allegation
    a formal accusation against somebody
  8. privileged
    not subject to usual rules or penalties
  9. illegitimate
    contrary to or forbidden by law
  10. legalize
    sanction or make permissible by law
  11. legitimacy
    lawfulness by virtue of being authorized
  12. legality
    lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a statute
  13. illegality
    unlawfulness by virtue of violating some statute
  14. legitimize
    sanction or make legal
  15. paralegal
    a person with specialized training who assists lawyers
Created on Fri Mar 27 10:59:49 EDT 2026

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