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legally, adv.|ˈliːgəlɪ|
[f. legal + -ly2.]
In a legal manner; according to law, lawfully. Also, in a legal sense; from the point of view of law.
1561T. Norton Calvin's Inst. iii. xxii. (1634) 460 Hee..bindeth not himselfe with a certaine law to call all men legallie. 1622T. Scott Belg. Pismire 1 That man might..performe actions.. legally according to a rule. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. ii. §68 The King was as Legally possessed of that Right, as of any thing else he had. 1713Berkeley Hylas & Ph. iii. Wks. 1871 I. 332 Putting a criminal legally to death, is not thought sinful. 1766Goldsm. Vic. W. xxxi, I never was legally married to any woman. 1818Cruise Digest (ed. 2) VI. 24 His trustees would be legally seised according to the uses of his will. 1834Pringle Afr. Sk. v. 190 The laws of Holland had..prohibited the aborigines from being legally sold. 1845S. Austin Ranke's Hist. Ref. II. 213 They determined to pursue the matter legally before the judges. |