legalcategory
nounUK /ˈliː.ɡəl ˈkæt.ə.ɡri/
US /ˈliː.ɡəl ˈkæt.ə.ɡɔːr.i/
A legal category is a group that the law uses to sort different kinds of things.
The lawyer explained that theft falls under a different legal category than fraud.
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2. A label used in legal documents to organize cases or rules.
The clerk filed the case under the correct legal category.
3. A type of law, such as civil or criminal, used to decide how a case is handled.
Whether a case is civil or criminal is a key legal category.
4. A group of rights or duties defined by the law.
Property rights form their own legal category.