Synonyms for legal status
le·gal sta·tus

Princeton's WordNet

1. legal statusnoun

   a status defined by law

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1. • Law
   • Status

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1. Emily Benavides:

   Hillary Clinton will say anything to get elected and her numerous flip-flops on immigration prove it, as he outlined in his book on this issue, Gov. Bush believes in a conservative legislative solution to fix our broken immigration system that includes earned legal status for those currently in the country after they pay fines and taxes, learn English and commit no substantial crimes while securing our border.

2. Troy Stevenson:

   The way this law is written makes it anti-marriage. It's equally harmful and hurts everyone, theoretically, this bill gives legal status to same-sex marriage, but the bill is so bipolar. If you are a nonbeliever... it could take months to find someone who could perform your marriage.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   It is time to give them legal status, it is time to create a reasonable and responsible path to citizenship.

4. Charles Krauthammer:

   At the time he said he was in favor of a compromise that would take the 11 million out of the shadows and give them legal status, i'm not sure I understand why he's doubling down on denying what you can demonstrate with pieces of tape. Perhaps he sees that it's worked for other candidates.

5. Angela Gui:

   I still haven’t been told where he is, how he is being treated, or what his legal status is — which is especially shocking in light of the fact that my father holds Swedish, and only Swedish, citizenship.