Definition of "legally" []

• As permitted by law; not contrary to law. (adverb)
• From a legal perspective. (adverb)

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• "In regard to this, Mr. Madison says, "The term '_legally'_ was struck out, and the words' under the laws thereof, 'inserted after the word State, in compliance with the wish of some who thought the term' legally 'equivocal and favoring the idea that slavery was legal in a moral point of view.""
• "One of the biggest stumbling blocks in the proposed compromise was just two words: the term "legally binding.""
• "That nearly decade-long path forward -- as well as the linguistic jujitsu that led to dropping the term "legally binding" from the Durban agreement -- left some critics decrying the talks as producing too little and increasingly, too late."