legal department
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegalanddepartment
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legal
adjective
uk/ˈliː.ɡəl/us/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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department
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk/dɪˈpɑːt.mənt/us/dɪˈpɑːrt.mənt/
a part of an organization such as a school, business, or government that deals with a particular area of study ...
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(Definition oflegalanddepartmentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflegal department
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We had a fully staffedlegaldepartment.
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The union'slegaldepartmentthinks so.
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The article was then cleared by the newspaper'slegaldepartment.
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This is the advice of mylegaldepartment.
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This view was shared by the union'slegaldepartment.
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The council spent £600,000 on alegaldepartment.
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In the last few days, there has been unprecedented enthusiasm in thelegaldepartment.
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There might be, let us say, a solicitor employed in thelegaldepartmentof an industry.
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I have received complaints about the arbitrary attitude adopted in some correspondence from thelegaldepartment.
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I have some sympathy with the county council, whoselegaldepartmenttends to be stretched.
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There is no separate budget allocation in thelegaldepartmentfor fishery matters.
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We run a quarterly newsletter, organise scientific research, and we have alegaldepartment.
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He would not contemplate doing so personally, but would delegate the matter to hislegaldepartment.
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She does not have alegaldepartmentor the relevant expertise.
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Somebody in a train operating company'slegaldepartmentwill interpret the matter in that way.
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Moreover, sometimes the mainlegaldepartmentfor an area rests within the county council.
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I was not intending to cast any reflection on thelegaldepartment.
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Every union has alegaldepartmentthat can help with cases.
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I understand that he is still a member of thelegaldepartment.
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We are considering with ourlegaldepartmentthe question of people advertising the sale of property with use of telephone.
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In anticipation of possible closure, could the diocesanlegaldepartmentlook into this and inform me of their opinion?
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The bank already has power to undertake the work and it is usual for it to consult itslegaldepartment.
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They will actually broadcast about 5 to 10 counter-statements a year, as was estimated by theirlegaldepartment.
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If that be so, under what enactment has the co-operative society power to set up alegaldepartment?
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Even the back of the journal says that thelegaldepartmenthandled 709 cases and raised in compensation £946,000.
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