legal

Adj.

1) connected with the law

~ aid

Legal aid entitles you to free legal representation.

~ profession

Although the numbers of women in the legal profession have doubled in recent years and now account for nearly 30 percent of all lawyers and nearly half of all law students, women still remain significantly underrepresented in positions of greatest status, influence and economic rewards.

http://www.abanet.org/media/releases/news051904.html

~ system

Australia's legal system is based on the common law.

2) allowed by law (opp. - illegal)

The marriage was legal under French law.

Therapeutic cloning has been legal in Britain since 2002.