legal status

Noun
  1. A status defined by law (synset 113975819)
    referred to in: jurisprudence, law - the collection of rules imposed by authority
    is a type of: position, status - the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society
    subtypes:
    • civil death - the legal status of a person who is alive but who has been deprived of the rights and privileges of a citizen or a member of society; the legal status of one sentenced to life imprisonment
    • villainage, villeinage - the legal status or condition of servitude of a villein or feudal serf
    • citizenship - the status of a citizen with rights and duties
    • marital status - the condition of being married or unmarried
    • minority, nonage - any age prior to the legal age

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