DictionaryRoot: legalis

Latin

legalis

pertaining to law

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A person attempts to enter a fenced protected area through a cut fence while a park ranger stops the intruder, small indispensable prohibition pictogram only, no words.

adjective / noun

illegal

ih-LEE-guhl/ɪˈliːɡl/

Contrary to the requirements of law.

Etymology

ilLatinnot; without

+legalLatinpertaining to law

Latin legalis described what pertained to law. With the negative prefix, illegal means contrary to law, not simply unrelated to legal matters.

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