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legal consequence

legal consequence noun: used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see legal, consequence.

Noun

legal consequence (plural legal consequences)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see legal, consequence.
  2. A particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state or course of things.

Synonyms of legal consequence

Forms of legal consequence

plurallegal consequences

Questions about legal consequence

What does legal consequence mean?
Legal consequence means used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see legal, consequence.
What part of speech is legal consequence?
Legal consequence is a noun.
What is the plural of legal consequence?
The plural of legal consequence is legal consequences.

Words near legal consequence in the dictionary

  1. legal capacity
  2. legal certainty
  3. legal chemistry
  4. legal code
  5. legal codes
  6. legal consequence
  7. legal consequences
  8. legal cynicism
  9. legal doctrine
  10. legal doctrines
  11. legal doublet

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