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according to law

ADJECTIVE

kosher

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STRONGEST

legal proper

STRONG

acceptable legit

WEAK

apropos permissible permitted

Antonyms

STRONGEST

forbidden unlawful wrong

ADJECTIVE

legal

Synonyms

STRONGEST

constitutional contractual fair juridical lawful legitimate proper statutory valid

WEAK

acknowledged allowed authorized card-carrying chartered clean condign decreed due enforceable enforced enjoined forensic granted innocent judged judicial just justifiable justified legalized legit licit on the level on the up and up ordained passed precedented prescribed protected right rightful sanctioned sound straight sure-enough warranted within the law

Antonyms

STRONGEST

illegal illegitimate invalid unacceptable unlawful

WEAK

illicit wrong

Example Sentences

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“These rules aim to protect people who find new companionship later in life while acknowledging the loss of a first spouse,” according to law firm PLBH.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 9, 2026

WaterBridge’s IPO was the largest by an energy-industry issuer since 2019, according to law firm Gibson Dunn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 17, 2025

Police are now issuing dispersal orders far earlier in the day and immediately targeting anyone throwing objects, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the planning.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 12, 2025

The second deputy then also jumped from the truck, according to law enforcement sources.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 4, 2025

“Watch your words, man. The girl has admitted to being a friend to the witch. And there is a complaint against her, made according to law and signed.”

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare

according to law

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