legal Copy link Outline 1. lēgĭtĭmus (prescribed by law)2. lēgālis, e (relating to the laws3. secundum legem or leges, ex lege or legibus (acc. as one enactment is referred to, or several) • legal: 1. lēgĭtĭmus (prescribed by law): the l. time, age, etc., tempus, aetas l., Cic. also = relating to the laws: l. and civil disputes, l. et civiles controversiae, Cic. Or. 34, 120: l. phrases, ceremonies, verba, ritus l., Gell. 2. lēgālis, e (relating to the laws: rare): a l. question, l. quaestio, Quint. 3, 5, 4. 3. secundum legem or leges, ex lege or legibus (acc. as one enactment is referred to, or several): v. according to. Phr.: to commence l. proceedings against any one, litem alicui intendere, Cic. (v. action, V.; lawsuit): a l. fiction, legis fictio, Paul. Dig. 4, 3, 15.