Legal
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
1, Conforming to the law; according to law; required or permitted by law; noi forbidden or discountenanced by law; good and effectual in law. 2. Proper or sullicient to be recognized by the law; cognizable in the courts; competent or adequate to fulfi Jl the requirements of the law. 3. Cognizable in courts of law, as distin-; guished from courts of equity; construed or if ) governed by the rules and principles of law, in contradistinction to rules of equity. 4, Posited by the courts as the inference or imputation of the law, a3 a matier of conatruction, rather than established by actual proof; ¢. g., legal malice. Sce LAWFuL. ——
— LEGAL ASSETS. That portion of the assets of a deceased party which by law is directly liable, In the hands of his executor sets as can be reached in the hands of an executor or administrator, by a suit at law against him.