What does legal status mean?

Definitions for legal status
le·gal sta·tus

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. legal statusnoun

    a status defined by law

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  1. legal status

    Legal status refers to the position or condition of an individual, organization, or entity under the law, outlining their rights, duties, and liabilities. It can change due to various life events such as birth, marriage, death, or changes in work, and can also refer to the standing of an entity's capacity to enforce or be bound by legal agreements in a court of law.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of legal status in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of legal status in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of legal status in a Sentence

  1. Renee Sun:

    This was a setup that trapped a simple American young man for the benefit of gaining legal status for this woman's entire family, her mother, and her brother, by finding a victim like my son, they can stay in this country and immediately enjoy all the social benefits.

  2. Anthony Cordesman:

    It’s the same situation that affects foreign contractors all over the world, people who have little understanding of where they’re going and very uncertain relationships once they arrive determining their legal status and movements.

  3. Jeb Bush:

    The plan also includes a path to legal status.

  4. White House:

    President Trumphas invited a bipartisan group of moderate House members to the White House on Wednesdayto discuss a host of issues, including tax reform, infrastructure and health care, according to a congressional source familiar with the meeting. The meeting may also include a discussion of the path forward for ‘DREAMers,’ undocumented immigrants who came to the U.S. as children, the source said, asking for anonymity to discuss a meeting that had not been publicly announced. Trump last week canceledformer president Obama’spolicy of protecting DREAMersfrom deportation andset a six-month deadline for Congress to pass legislationto preserve their legal status. As of Tuesday morning,four Republican and eight Democratic House members were confirmed for the meeting, including members of the bipartisan ‘Problem Solvers’ caucus and the centrist Democrat Blue Dog Coalition, according to another congressional source familiar with the meeting.

  5. Michael Li:

    The Constitution requires counting everyone -- children, immigrants, everyone -- The Constitution doesn't have exclusions based on legal status.


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