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To make legal or lawful} to confirm or validate what was before void or unlawful; to add the sanction and authority of law to that which before was without or against law. Legalized nuisance. A structure, erection, or other thing which would constitute a nuisance at common law, but which cannot be objected to by private persons because constructed or maintained under direct and … [Read more...] about LEGALIZE

An embassy; a diplomatic minister and his suite; the persons commissioned by one government to exercise diplomatic functions at the court of another, including the minister, secretaries, attaches, interpreters, etc., are collectively styled the "legation" of their government. The word also denotes the official residence of a foreign minister … [Read more...] about LEGATION

Lawfully. In accordance with law and legal requirements. … [Read more...] about LEGALLY

One who makes a will, and leaves legacies … [Read more...] about LEGATOR

Where both parties consent to the terms of an agreement which fulfills all legal requirements to bind the parties under the law and is not illegal. An agreement which was signed pursuant to fraud is not legally binding on the party that was defrauded. … [Read more...] about LEGALLY BINDING