refer a legal case to a lower court with instructions on what should be done legally to keep a person or group of people, especially a jury in a court case, separate from other people The meanings of lawfulness and law overlap widely; However, legality may apply to compliance with laws of any kind (e.g., natural, divine, general, or canonical). The words legal and legal can be used in similar contexts, but Legalit applies to strict compliance with the provisions of the law and applies in particular to what is regulated by law. When a judge dismisses a court case, he officially decides that the case must no longer remain legal to promise to tell the truth in court without swearing by a holy book. Although all of these words mean «in accordance with the law,» the law applies to what is sanctioned by or in accordance with the law, especially when written or administered by the courts. Informal, to legally get your freedom after being tried for a crime, to make a legal claim against someone, usually to get money from them because they did something wrong to you. The legal claim is called a legal action to agree that a decision, a law, etc. is based on good legal principles to give an official document to a court asking it to take legal action to re-convict a person or crime in court because a previous trial was considered unjust or ended without judgment In certain situations, the words legitimate and legal are roughly equivalent. Legitimate, however, may apply to a legal right or status, but also, in case of prolonged use, to a right or status supported by recognized traditions, customs or norms. The meanings of policy and desirable overlap widely; Politics, however, emphasizes caution and tactical value, but usually involves a lack of openness or sincerity. The words expedient and advised can be used in similar contexts, but expedient usually implies what is immediately beneficial, regardless of ethics or consistent principles.