English-Finnish translations for legally

• laillisesti
  Abortti tehdään täysin laillisesti. Abortion is carried out quite legally.
  Toistan: laillisesti työskenteleviin. I repeat, who are legally employed.
  Ne toimivat laillisesti, ja niitä on suojeltava. They are doing so legally and must be protected.
• juridisesti
  Perustuslaki on juridisesti kuollut. The Constitution is legally dead.
  Perusoikeuksia on voitava valvoa juridisesti. The fundamental rights must be legally enforceable.
  Tuomioistuinlaitoksemmehan on juridisesti riippumaton. We have a legally independent judiciary.

Definition of legally

• As permitted by law; not contrary to law
• From a legal perspective

Examples

• You can legally park in the lot on weekends without paying the fee, they wont ticket you.
• Legally, I think you are covered, but there are angry guys with baseball bats outside.

Related words

• illegally
• legally binding
• become legally binding