( legegaia)

[from Lat. lege (law)] iz.

a. ( oro.) law; oinarrizko \legea basic law; hizkuntza-\lege berriak new language laws; \lege berezi special law; \lege berri bat atera to come out with a new law; \lege nagusi main law; \lege saliko Salic law; \lege zuzen just law; \legea {bete || gorde} to comply with a law | to abide by a law | to obey a law; \legea hautsi to break the law; \legea {indargabetu || kendu || ezeztatu} to abolish a law | to abrogate a law; \legea zapaldu to break the law; \legeak {atera || egin} to legislate; \legeak bildu to codify laws; \legeak {ezarri || jarri} to law down the law | to impose laws; \legeak hala agintzen \\ debekatzen du the law so demands \\ prohibits it; indarrean dauden \legeak the laws in force; \legetik riten to break the law | to infringe upon the law

b. ( legegaia) act; \lege bat onartu to pass a law

c. [ izenen aurrean ] law-, legal; \lege-babes legal protection; \lege-balio legal value; \lege-indarra dauka it has the force of law; \lege-jakitunen iritzian in the opinion of legal experts; \lege-nortasun legal identity; \lege testu legal text

a. ( legetza) law; \lege zahar i. charter law ii. pre-Revolutionary law; Ingalaterrako \legea eta Italiakoa bestelakoak dira English and Italian law are different | English law differs from Italian law; \legearen arabera in accordance with the law | by law; \legearen ordezkari officer of the law; \legera jo to take legal recourse; i-r \legetik askatu to exempt sb from the law; \legera jo to take legal recourse; \legez kanpo i. outside the law | illegal ii. illegally; \legez kanpo dago he's outside the law

b. (esa.) \lege zaharreko gizona da he's an old stick-in-the-mud | he's an old-fashioned man

3. ( araua)

a. rule, law; joko-\legeak rules of the game

b. ( merkataritzari, trafikoari, lehiaketari d.) rule, regulation; bideetako \legeak road regulations

c. ( gizarteari d.) custom, rule, practice; ohitura \lege bihurtzen denean when practice becomes custom

d. (irud.) ezinak ez du \legerik nothing is impossible

4. ( egunerokoari d.) routine; bazkari-\legea egin dugu we've had our lunch; zozoak goizero bere saio-\legea du the thrush puts on its usual performance every morning

5. ( egitateei d.)

a. Fis. law; fisikaren \legeak the laws of physics; Newton-en \legeak Newton's laws; \lege bat aurkitu zen a law was discovered

b. law; \lege moral moral law; etika \lege law of ethics

c. Kristau. Jainkoaren \lege santua God's holy law; Jaunak Hamar Aginteen \legea eman zuenean when the Lord give the law of the Ten Commandments; Moisesen \legeea the law of Moses

6. Kristau. L\lege Zaharra the Old Testament

7. ( maitasarrea) affection; \lege handia hartu diot I've grown rather fond of him | I've taken rather a liking to him

8. ( mota) kind; hiru \lege sagar three kinds of apples

9. ( metaleei d.) purity, legal standard of fineness; \lege oneko urre standard gold; \lege txarreko urre base gold | substandard gold; \lege urruko disreputable