legally has definitions from the field of law
1
[ adverb ] (law) by law; conforming to the law

Examples

"we are lawfully wedded now"

Used in print

(Harold Rosenberg, "The Trial and Eichmann"...)

Most_of this testimony may have been legally admissible as bearing_on the corpus_delicti of the total Nazi crime but seemed subject_to question when not tied to the part in it of the defendant 's Department_of_Jewish_Affairs .

(Mignon G. Eberhart, The Cup, the Blade...)

She had quarreled with Lucien , she had resisted his demands for money - and if she died , by the provisions of her marriage_contract , Lucien would inherit legally not_only the immediate sum of gold under the floorboards in the office , but later , when the war was over , her father 's entire estate .

2
[ adverb ] (law) in a legal manner

Examples

"he acted legally"

Used in print

(Kenneth Reiner, "Coping with Runaway Technology"...)

In my own company , in_effect a partnership , although legally a corporation , I have been able to do many things for my employees which `` normal '' corporations of comparable size and nature would have been unable to do .

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