legal
adjective
permitted by law; lawful.
quasi-legal
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a word derived from
legal.
Example Sentences
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Ultimately the decision is a quasi-legal one which will be taken by the regulator Opred and approved by the Energy Secretary Miatta Fahnbulleh.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
A 1990 law lets the Secretary of Homeland Security provide quasi-legal status to migrants if they can’t safely return to their home countries because of armed conflicts, natural disasters, or other “extraordinary and temporary conditions.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 25, 2026
“It was a creation of a quasi-legal category between illegal and legal,” she told Sky News.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 29, 2022
Mr. Aydelotte, who works in public relations and is originally from Rochester, N.Y., first staged this quasi-legal marathon in 2019 with about 30 participants.
From New York Times ● Sep. 10, 2021
Meanwhile the quasi-legal administration of the estate of Smith is drawing near a termination that seems to credit the prophetic assertion of Judge Plunkett.
From The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers by Bret Harte
