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official

Authorized or approved by a government, organization, or other authority.

Adjective legal Level 390
alleged

Claimed to be true or to have occurred, but not yet proven or confirmed; often used to avoid stating that an accusation is factual.

Adjective legal Level 420
constitutional

Relating to a constitution, especially a country's written or unwritten fundamental law.

Adjective legal Level 420
constitutional

Relating to the basic structure, powers, or procedures of a government or organization established by its constitution.

Adjective legal Level 420
criminal

Involving, relating to, or constituting a crime.

Adjective legal Level 420
direct

Controlled, managed, or paid for by a particular person or organization without an intermediary.

Adjective legal Level 420
ethical

Relating specifically to professional or applied standards of conduct, especially in business, medicine, law, or research.

Adjective legal Level 420
federal

Relating to a system of government in which power is divided between a central government and regional governments.

Adjective legal Level 420
forensic

Relating to the use of scientific methods and evidence to investigate crimes and establish facts for legal proceedings.

Adjective legal Level 420
legal

Permitted by law; not illegal.

Adjective legal Level 420
legal

Relating to law, lawyers, courts, or the legal system.

Adjective legal Level 420
non-profit

Organized and operated not to make profits for owners or shareholders, but to support a social, charitable, educational, cultural, or other public pur...

Adjective legal Level 420
state-owned

Owned and controlled by a government, especially a national government.

Adjective legal Level 420
papal

Characteristic of or pertaining specifically to the office, authority, or period of a pope.

Adjective legal Level 1030
proprietary

Owned by a person or company, especially because it has been developed privately and is protected by legal rights; not freely available for others to ...

Adjective legal Level 1040
normative

Establishing, prescribing, or expressing a standard of what should be done or what is considered acceptable, rather than merely describing what is the...

Adjective legal Level 1060
antitrust

Relating to laws or actions intended to prevent businesses from reducing competition through monopolies, cartels, price-fixing, or other unfair practi...

Adjective legal Level 1070
appellate

Relating to appeals in a higher court, especially the review of decisions made by a lower court.

Adjective legal Level 1070
capital

A serious crime, especially one punishable by death.

Adjective legal Level 1070
capital

Relating to or involving the death penalty.

Adjective legal Level 1070
congressional

Relating to the United States Congress or its members, activities, powers, or proceedings.

Adjective legal Level 1070
discriminatory

Treating a person or group unfairly because of characteristics such as race, sex, religion, disability, or nationality.

Adjective legal Level 1070
enforceable

Able to be legally compelled, upheld, or made effective, especially by a court or other authority.

Adjective legal Level 1070
entitled

Having a right to receive or have something, usually because of a law, rule, agreement, or circumstance.

Adjective legal Level 1070
evidentiary

Relating to or serving as evidence, especially in a legal or formal investigation.

Adjective legal Level 1070
fiduciary

Involving trust, especially a legal or financial relationship in which one person or organization must act in another’s best interests.

Adjective legal Level 1070
guilty

Having committed a crime, offense, or wrongful act.

Adjective legal Level 1070
impermissible

Not allowed by a rule, law, authority, or accepted standard.

Adjective legal Level 1070
injunctive

Expressing or relating to an injunction, especially a court order requiring someone to do or refrain from doing something.

Adjective legal Level 1070
judicial

Relating to courts of law, judges, or the administration of justice.

Adjective legal Level 1070
jurisdictional

Relating to the legal authority or power of a court, government, or other institution to make and enforce decisions.

Adjective legal Level 1070
legislative

Relating to the making, passing, or changing of laws by a legislature.

Adjective legal Level 1070
legitimate

Allowed by law, rules, or an accepted authority; lawful or valid.

Adjective legal Level 1070
permissible

Allowed by rules, laws, authority, or established standards; not forbidden.

Adjective legal Level 1070
postconviction

Relating to legal proceedings or actions that occur after a person has been convicted of a crime.

Adjective legal Level 1070
procedural

Relating to an established procedure or set of steps, especially an official or legal process.

Adjective legal Level 1070
punitive

Intended to punish or involving punishment, especially as a response to wrongdoing.

Adjective legal Level 1070
pursuant

Following or in accordance with a law, rule, agreement, or instruction.

Adjective legal Level 1070
regulatory

Relating to, intended to control, or established by rules, laws, or official regulations.

Adjective legal Level 1070
statutory

Established, required, or authorized by a statute or written law.

Adjective legal Level 1070
unconstitutional

Contrary to or forbidden by a constitution, especially the constitution of a country or government.

Adjective legal Level 1070
restrictive

In grammar, limiting the reference of a noun or noun phrase to a particular subset; essential to the meaning of the expression.

Adjective legal Level 1110
anti-corruption

Intended to prevent, expose, or combat corruption, especially bribery, abuse of power, or dishonest conduct in public or organizational life.

Adjective legal Level 1120
co-official

Having equal official status with one or more other languages, authorities, or entities.

Adjective legal Level 1120
common-law

Based on law developed through court decisions and judicial precedent rather than primarily through statutes or written codes.

Adjective legal Level 1120
common-law

Relating to a couple who live together in a long-term domestic relationship without being legally married, especially in the phrase common-law marriag...

Adjective legal Level 1120
first-degree

Of the lowest or least serious degree in a legal classification, especially describing murder that is planned and deliberate (first-degree murder).

Adjective legal Level 1120
government-owned

Owned and controlled by a national, regional, or local government rather than by private individuals or companies.

Adjective legal Level 1120
government-run

Operated, managed, or controlled by a government rather than by a private organization or individual.

Adjective legal Level 1120
second-degree

Relating to a crime classified as less serious than the first degree but more serious than the third degree, especially murder or assault.

Adjective legal Level 1120