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2641 Etymology dictionary, p. legalization (n.).2
1805, noun of action from legalize .
2642 Etymology dictionary, p. legalize (v.).1
legalize (v.)
2643 Etymology dictionary, p. legalize (v.).2
1716, from legal + -ize. Related: Legalized; legalizing .
2644 Etymology dictionary, p. legal (adj.).1
legal (adj.)
2645 Etymology dictionary, p. legal (adj.).2
… French légal "legal" (14c.) or directly from Latin legalis "pertaining to the law," from lex (genitive legis ) "an enactment; a precept, regulation, principle, rule; formal …
2646 Etymology dictionary, p. legal (adj.).3
… . Related: Legally. Not etymologically related to law (n.), q.v. The usual Old French form was leial, loial (see leal, loyal ). Legal tender "money which the creditor is …
2647 Etymology dictionary, p. legality (n.).1
legality (n.)
2648 Etymology dictionary, p. legality (n.).2
mid-15c., "law-abiding behavior or character," from Medieval Latin legalitatem (nominative legalitas ), from Latin legalis "pertaining to the law" (see legal ).
2649 Etymology dictionary, p. legalese (n.).2
"the language of legal documents," 1914, from legal + language name ending -ese .
2650 Etymology dictionary, p. legalise (v.).1
legalise (v.)
2651 Etymology dictionary, p. legalise (v.).2
chiefly British English spelling of legalize; for suffix, see -ize. Related: Legalisation; legalised; legalising .
2652 Etymology dictionary, p. legalistic (adj.).2
1843, with -ic + legalist "one who advocates strict adherence to the law," especially in theology (1640s); see legal + -ist. Legalism in theology is attested from 1838.
2653 Etymology dictionary, p. legicide (n.).2
"a destroyer of laws," 1680s, from Latin legis, genitive of lex "law" (see legal (adj.)) + -cide "killer."
2654 Etymology dictionary, p. legislator (n.).2
… " (see legal (adj.)) + lator "proposer," agent noun of lātus "borne, brought, carried" (see oblate (n.)), which was used as past tense of ferre "to carry" (from PIE root *bher- (1) "to carry …
2655 Etymology dictionary, p. legitimate (adj.).2
… parents legally married," from past participle of Old French legitimer and directly from Medieval Latin legitimatus, past participle of legitimare "make …
2656 Etymology dictionary, p. let (n.).2
… in legal contracts), late 12c., from archaic verb letten "to hinder," from Old English lettan "hinder, delay, impede," etymologically "make late," from Proto-Germanic …
2657 Etymology dictionary, p. levari facias.2
… debtor, legal Latin, literally "cause to be levied;" passive of levare "to raise" (from PIE root *legwh- "not heavy, having little weight") + second person singular present …
2658 Etymology dictionary, p. lex talionis (n.).2
1590s, legal Latin, "law of retaliation," an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth, from lex "law" (see legal ) + talionis, genitive of talio "exaction of payment in kind" (see …
2659 Etymology dictionary, p. liability (n.).2
1790, originally a term in law; "condition of being legally liable" (the sense in limited liability ); see liable + -ity. General sense is from 1809; meaning "thing for which one is liable" is first attested 1842. Related: Liabilities .
2660 Etymology dictionary, p. libel (n.).2
… book; (legal) charge, claim; writ; written report" (13c.), from Latin libellus "a little book, pamphlet; petition, written accusation, complaint," diminutive of liber …