# leg.

Pronunciation: say "LEE-guhl" /ˈliɡəl/

## Adjective

1. Abbreviation of legal. — Abbreviation of legal.
   - Simple: Abbreviation of legal. A short way to write "legal" in notes or on forms.
   - _The clerk flagged the leg. issues with the lease before the meeting._
   - _Every form had a column for the applicant's leg. status._
5. Abbreviation of legislative. — Abbreviation of legislative.
   - Simple: Abbreviation of legislative. A short way to write "legislative" on forms.
   - _The clerk logged the vote against the leg. record for that day._
   - _Interns sorted the testimony by leg. committee._

## Noun

2. Clipping of legend. *(colloquial)* — Clipping of legend.
   - Simple: Clipping of legend. A short, friendly way to call someone amazing.
   - _Everyone at the party agreed the host was an absolute leg._
   - _He fixed my bike for free, what a leg._
3. Abbreviation of legislation. — Abbreviation of legislation.
   - Simple: Abbreviation of legislation. A short way to write "legislation" in notes.
   - _Analysts tracked the leg. affecting small businesses this quarter._
   - _The summary listed each piece of housing leg. by date._
4. Clipping of legislature. *(Canada)* — Clipping of legislature.
   - Simple: Clipping of legislature. A short way to name the group that makes laws.
   - _Opposition members in the leg. argued that the budget ignored rural hospitals._
   - _Protesters gathered outside the leg. in Victoria before question period began._
6. Abbreviation of legate. — Abbreviation of legate.
   - Simple: Abbreviation of legate. A short way to write "legate," an official messenger.
   - _The record noted that the leg. arrived ahead of the treaty talks._
   - _Historians traced the leg. through the city's archived correspondence._

## Adverb

7. Abbreviation of legato. — Abbreviation of legato.
   - Simple: Abbreviation of legato. A short note telling a player to join the notes smoothly.
   - _The teacher penciled leg. into the part where the student kept clipping the notes._
   - _The cellist saw leg. printed across the bridge passage and shaped a single line._

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