Legal vs Binding - What's the difference?

As adjectives the difference between legal and binding

is that legal is relating to the law or to lawyers while binding is assigning something that one will be held to.

As nouns the difference between legal and binding

is that legal is paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm) while binding is an item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.

As a proper noun Legal

is a town in Alberta, Canada.

As a verb binding is

present participle of lang=en.

legal

English

Adjective

(en adjective)

Relating to the law or to lawyers.

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Having its basis in the law.

Being allowed or prescribed by law.

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(informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.

Antonyms

* (allowed) banned, contraband, disallowed, forbidden, illegal, outlawed * (concerning law) black-market, back-alley * (over age of consent) underage

Derived terms

* legal beagle * legal duty * legal eagle * legality * legalese * paralegal

Noun

(-)

(US, Canada) Paper]] in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 [[millimetre, mm × 355.6 mm).

Derived terms

* legal-size

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binding

English

(wikipedia binding)

Adjective

(en adjective)

Assigning something that one will be held to.

This contract is a legally binding agreement.

Noun

(en noun)

An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.

The spine of a book where the pages are held together.

(sewing) A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment

(programming) The association of a named item with an element of a program.

Derived terms

* adapter binding * data binding * dynamic binding * early binding * key binding * late binding * static binding

Verb

(head)

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