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Legal (13 Occurrences)
... 1. (a.) Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a
legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim ...
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Plead (64 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To allege or cite in a legal plea or defense, or for repelling a demand
in law; to answer to an indictment; as, to plead usury; to plead statute of ...
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Lawyer (5 Occurrences)
... practitioner of law; one whose profession is to conduct lawsuits for clients, or
to advise as to prosecution or defense of lawsuits, or as to legal rights and ...
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Adoption (5 Occurrences)
... ADOPTION. a-dop'-shun (huiothesia, "placing as a son"): I. THE GENERAL LEGAL IDEA
1. In the Old Testament 2. Greek 3. Roman II. ... I. The General Legal Idea. ...
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Courts (59 Occurrences)
... (7) Slavery could not be made perpetual without the person's own consent (Exodus
21:2-6). 3. Their Work: Gradually a legal profession developed among the ...
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Sojourner (81 Occurrences)
... stranj'-er: I. THE GER 1. Legal provisions (1) Principles (2) Rules 2. Relation
to Sacrifice and Ritual 3. Historical Circumstances II. THE TOSHABH III. ...
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Execute (83 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To complete, as a legal instrument; to perform what is required to give
validity to, as by signing and perhaps sealing and delivering; as, to execute a ...
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Prosecute (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To seek to obtain by legal process; as, to prosecute a right or a claim
in a court of law. 3. (vt) To pursue with the intention ...
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Sue (2 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To seek justice or right from, by legal process; to institute process in
law against; to bring an action against; to prosecute judicially. ...
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Code (6 Occurrences)
... CONTENTS OF THE CODE 1. The Principles of Legal Process 2. Theft, Burglary, Robbery
3. Laws concerning Vassalage 4. Immovables 5. Trader and Agent 6. Taverns 7 ...
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Bible Concordance

Legal (13 Occurrences)

Luke 3:13 "Do not exact more than the legal amount," he replied.
(WEY)

Luke 18:3 A widow was in that city, and she often came to him, saying,'Defend me from my adversary!'
(See NAS)

Luke 18:5 yet because this widow bothers me, I will defend her, or else she will wear me out by her continual coming.'"
(See NAS)

Acts 19:39 And if ye seek after anything concerning other matters, in the legal assembly it shall be determined;
(YLT NIV)

Acts 22:25 When they had tied him up with thongs, Paul asked the centurion who stood by, "Is it lawful for you to scourge a man who is a Roman, and not found guilty?"
(See NIV)

1 Corinthians 7:37 But if a father stands firm in his resolve, being free from all external constraint and having a legal right to act as he pleases, and in his own mind has come to the decision to keep his daughter unmarried, he will do well.
(WEY)

Colossians 2:14 wiping out the handwriting in ordinances which was against us; and he has taken it out of the way, nailing it to the cross;
(See RSV)

Hebrews 7:16 who has been made, not after the law of a fleshly commandment, but after the power of an endless life:
(See RSV)

Hebrews 9:16 For where there is a legal 'will,' there must also be a death brought forward in evidence--the death of him who made it.
(WEY)

Exodus 24:14 He said to the elders, "Wait here for us, until we come again to you. Behold, Aaron and Hur are with you. Whoever is involved in a dispute can go to them."
(See NAS)

Numbers 27:11 If his father has no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the children of Israel a statute and ordinance, as Yahweh commanded Moses.'"
(See NIV)

Numbers 35:29 "'These things shall be for a statute and ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
(See NIV)

Deuteronomy 17:8 If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose;
(See RSV)

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid.

2. (a.) According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.

3. (a.) According to the old or Mosaic dispensation; in accordance with the law of Moses.

4. (a.) Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.

Greek

1772. ennomos -- legal, subject to (law)
... legal, subject to (law). Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: ennomos Phonetic
Spelling: (en'-nom-os) Short Definition: legal, obedient to the law ...
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5498. cheirographon -- a (handwritten) document, legal note, bond
... a (handwritten) document, legal note, bond. Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: cheirographon Phonetic Spelling: (khi-rog'-raf-on) Short Definition: ...
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1556. ekdikeo -- to vindicate, to avenge
... Word Origin from ekdikos Definition to vindicate, to avenge NASB Word Usage avenged
(1), avenging (1), give...legal protection (2), legal protection (2 ...
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4972. sphragizo -- to seal
... owner. "Sealing" in the ancient world served as a "legal signature" which
guaranteed the promise (contents) of what was sealed. ...
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5287. hupostasis -- a support, substance, steadiness, hence ...
... a guaranteed agreement ("title-deed"); (figuratively) "" to a promise or property,
ie a legitimate (because it literally is, " a legal-") -- someone to what is ...
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178. akatakritos -- uncondemned
... uncondemned. From a (as a negative particle) and a derivative of katakrino; without
(legal) trial -- uncondemned. see GREEK a. see GREEK katakrino. ...
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1344. dikaioo -- to show to be righteous, declare righteous
... Cognate: 1344 (from , "right, judicial-approval") -- properly, , especially in a
legal, authoritative sense; to show what is right, ie conformed to a proper ...
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2969. komopolis -- a country town
... 2969 (from 2968 , "village, town" and 4172 , "a city") -- a city with (legal) status.
A ("village, unwalled town") was hardly a "city" as we know it. ...
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156. aitia -- cause, reason
... From the same as aiteo; a cause (as if asked for), ie (logical) reason (motive,
matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved) -- accusation, case, cause, crime ...
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3623. oikonomos -- the manager of a household
... See 3622 (). [3623 ("manager") often functioned as the "steward" of a household,
and was generally a -- ie a from forced, legal servitude (J. Thayer).]. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

6664. tsedeq -- rightness, righteousness
... From tsadaq; the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or
(figuratively) prosperity -- X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), (( ...
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7379. rib -- strife, dispute
... Or rib {reeb}; from riyb; a contest (personal or legal) -- + adversary, cause, chiding,
contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading ...
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633. esar -- an interdict
... decree. (Aramaic) corresponding to 'ecar in a legal sense; an interdict -- decree.
see HEBREW 'ecar. 632, 633. esar. 634 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

Whether Legal Relationship is Contracted Only Between the Adopting ...
... OF LEGAL RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IS BY ADOPTION (THREE ARTICLES) Whether legal relationship
is contracted only between the adopting father and the adopted child? ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether legal relationship is contracted.htm

Of Legal Relationship, which is by Adoption (Three Articles)
... OF LEGAL RELATIONSHIP, WHICH IS BY ADOPTION (THREE ARTICLES). We must now
consider legal relationship which is by adoption. Under ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/of legal relationship which is.htm

From Patriarchal, Tertullian Comes to Legal, Precedents.
... Chapter VII."From Patriarchal, Tertullian Comes to Legal, Precedents. After
the ancient examples of the patriarchs, let us equally ...
/.../tertullian/on monogamy/chapter vii from patriarchal tertullian comes.htm

Whether Since Christ's Passion the Legal Ceremonies Can be ...
... Whether since Christ's Passion the legal ceremonies can be observed without
committing mortal sin? Objection 1: It would seem that ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether since christs passion the.htm

It is a Matter of Doubt, Whether Believers under the Old Testament ...
... ARTICLE XI It is a matter of doubt, whether believers under the Old Testament
understood that the legal ceremonies were types of Christ and of his benefits. ...
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Of Christ's Circumcision, and of the Other Legal Observances ...
... OF CHRIST'S CIRCUMCISION, AND OF THE OTHER LEGAL OBSERVANCES ACCOMPLISHED
IN REGARD TO THE CHILD CHRIST (FOUR ARTICLES). We must ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/of christs circumcision and of.htm

Perfect Righteousness was Conferred Neither by Circumcision nor by ...
... Against Heresies: Book IV Chapter XVI."Perfect righteousness was conferred
neither by circumcision nor by any other legal ceremonies. ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xvi perfect righteousness was conferred.htm

The Unjust Steward - Dives and Lazarus - Jewish Agricultural Notes ...
... THE UNJUST STEWARD - DIVES AND LAZARUS - JEWISH AGRICULTURAL NOTES - PRICES OF PRODUCE -
WRITING AND LEGAL DOCUMENTS - PURPLE AND FINE LINEN - JEWISH NOTIONS ...
/.../the life and times of jesus the messiah/chapter xviii the unjust steward.htm

Fourth Sunday after Epiphany
... Legal obligations make us debtors to men; an instance is when one individual
has a claim upon another for debt. The duties and tribute ...
/.../luther/epistle sermons vol ii/fourth sunday after epiphany.htm

Seemingly from the Dawn of Man all Nations have had Governments...
... That the king can do no wrong was never anything but a legal fiction; and it is
a legal fiction still. ... And this is legal and scientific in America. ...
/.../chesterton/whats wrong with the world/chapter 23 seemingly from the.htm

Subtopics

Legal

Legal Separation

Legalism

Technicalities: Legal

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