| allegation | (noun) (law) a formal accusation against somebody (often in a court of law) | - |
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| (noun) statements affirming or denying certain matters of fact that you are prepared to prove | Synonyms: allegement |
| delegacy | (noun) the appointment of a delegate | - |
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| (noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: commission, delegation, deputation, mission |
| (noun) the state of serving as an official and authorized delegate or agent | Synonyms: agency, representation |
| delegate | (noun) a person appointed or elected to represent others | - |
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| (verb) give an assignment to (a person) to a post, or assign a task to (a person) | Synonyms: assign, depute, designate |
| (verb) transfer power to someone | Synonyms: depute |
| delegating | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegation, deputation, relegating, relegation |
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| delegation | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, deputation, relegating, relegation |
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| (noun) a group of representatives or delegates | Synonyms: commission, delegacy, deputation, mission |
| elegance | (noun) a refined quality of gracefulness and good taste | - |
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| (noun) a quality of neatness and ingenious simplicity in the solution of a problem (especially in science or mathematics) | - |
| elegant | (adjective) refined and tasteful in appearance or behavior or style | - |
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| (adjective) displaying effortless beauty and simplicity in movement or execution | - |
| (adjective) suggesting taste, ease, and wealth | Synonyms: graceful, refined |
| elegantly | (adverb) with elegance; in a tastefully elegant manner | - |
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| (adverb) in a gracefully elegant manner | - |
| extralegal | (adjective) not regulated or sanctioned by law | Synonyms: nonlegal |
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| illegal | (adjective) prohibited by law or by official or accepted rules | - |
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| illegalise | (verb) declare illegal; outlaw | Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalize, outlaw |
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| illegality | (noun) unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute | - |
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| illegalize | (verb) declare illegal; outlaw | Synonyms: criminalise, criminalize, illegalise, outlaw |
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| illegally | (adverb) in an illegal manner | Synonyms: illicitly, lawlessly |
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| inelegance | (noun) the quality of lacking refinement and good taste | - |
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| inelegant | (adjective) lacking in refinement or grace or good taste | - |
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| inelegantly | (adverb) without elegance | - |
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| legacy | (noun) (law) a gift of personal property by will | Synonyms: bequest |
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| legal | (adjective) established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules | - |
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| (adjective) of or relating to jurisprudence | - |
| (adjective) relating to or characteristic of the profession of law | - |
| (adjective) allowed by official rules | - |
| (adjective) having legal efficacy or force | Synonyms: effectual, sound |
| legalese | (noun) a style that uses the abstruse technical vocabulary of the law | - |
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| legalisation | (noun) the act of making lawful | Synonyms: legalization, legitimation |
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| legalise | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalize, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
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| legalism | (noun) strict conformity to the letter of the law rather than its spirit | - |
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| legality | (noun) lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute | - |
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| legalization | (noun) the act of making lawful | Synonyms: legalisation, legitimation |
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| legalize | (verb) make legal | Synonyms: decriminalise, decriminalize, legalise, legitimate, legitimatise, legitimatize, legitimise, legitimize |
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| legally | (adverb) by law; conforming to the law | Synonyms: de jure, lawfully |
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| (adverb) in a legal manner | - |
| legate | (noun) a member of a legation | Synonyms: official emissary |
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| legatee | (noun) someone to whom a legacy is bequeathed | - |
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| legateship | (noun) the post or office of legate | Synonyms: legation |
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| legation | (noun) the post or office of legate | Synonyms: legateship |
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| (noun) a permanent diplomatic mission headed by a minister | Synonyms: foreign mission |
| legato | (adjective) (music) without breaks between notes; smooth and connected | Synonyms: smooth |
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| (adverb) connecting the notes; in music | - |
| medicolegal | (adjective) pertaining to legal aspects of the practice of medicine (as malpractice or patient consent for operations or patient information) | - |
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| nonlegal | (adjective) not regulated or sanctioned by law | Synonyms: extralegal |
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| paralegal | (noun) a person with specialized training who assists lawyers | Synonyms: legal assistant |
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| relegate | (verb) assign to a class or kind | Synonyms: classify |
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| (verb) assign to a lower position; reduce in rank | Synonyms: break, bump, demote, kick downstairs |
| (verb) expel, as if by official decree | Synonyms: banish, bar |
| (verb) refer to another person for decision or judgment | Synonyms: pass on, submit |
| relegating | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, delegation, deputation, relegation |
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| relegation | (noun) authorizing subordinates to make certain decisions | Synonyms: delegating, delegation, deputation, relegating |
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| (noun) mild banishment; consignment to an inferior position | - |
| (noun) the act of assigning (someone or something) to a particular class or category | - |
| semilegality | (noun) The property of being of partial or questionable legality. | Synonyms: semi-legality |
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