legal means

collocation in English

meaningsoflegalandmean

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legal
adjective
uk
/ˈliː.ɡəl/us
/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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mean
noun[S]
uk
/miːn/us
/miːn/
mathematicsspecialized
the result you get by adding two or more amounts together and dividing the total by the number ...
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(Definition oflegalandmeanfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoflegal means

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It is clear from the context of these statements that the goods were not secured to wives by any formal legal means.
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But these means need not be legal means.
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Being unable to win presidential elections by legal means, the latter decided to resort to illegal measures.
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Kemal secured power and provided law and order by sometimes drastic but legal means.
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When asked what they would do if con-ict or disputes with others happened, 74.7 per cent indicated their preference to use legal means for a resolution.
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Prior to 1877, city dwellers from across the social spectrum had banded together to oppose railroad encroachment upon their communities through legal means but had made little headway.
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He went on to tell me that he still felt there ought to be a legal means by which terminally ill patients could obtain physician-hastened death.
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Importing countries must also take reasonable measures to prevent re-exportation of products, including ensuring the availability of effective legal means to prevent importation inconsistent with the decision.
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When a player became it by legal means, he or she assumed the role of thrower.
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The most common way to do this is through legal means, such as non-compete and non-disclosure agreements.
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The fifteen-member committee was appointed by the governor to seek legal means to avoid forced racial integration of public schools.
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He decided on the tactic of pursuing power through legal means.
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The people tried every legal means available to fight the increase and demanded a reduction instead.
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Civic leaders strongly opposed hydraulic mining in the area, citing potential damage to watershed land as legal means to stop most hydraulic mining.
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A conspiracy may exist whether legal means are used to accomplish illegal results, or illegal means used to accomplish something legal.
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The word translates more accurately as do not resist by legal means.
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The church deemed this decision discriminatory and tried by all possible legal means to challenge it.
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