"Legal" from Latin legalis (“legal”), from lex (“law”).
Legal: (comparative more legal, superlative most legal)
1.Relating to the law or to lawyers, as in legal profession.
2.Having its basis in the law, such as legal precedent.
3.Being allowed or prescribed by law, such as a legal motion.
"Illegal", or unlawful, is used to describe something that is prohibited or not authorized by law.
1.Banned, contraband, disallowed, forbidden, illegal, outlawed2.Black-market, back-alley (concerning law)
3.Above the age of consent, most often concerning attractive but young
adolescent girls. underage (over age of consent)
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Derived terms: legal duty, legal eagle, legality, legalese, paralegal
A "Taboo" is a strong social prohibition (or ban) relating to any area of human activity or social custom that is sacred and or forbidden based on moral judgment, religious beliefs and or scientific consensus.
Some examples:
Taboo food:Cats, Dogs, Elephants, Camels, Whales, Primates and of course Human meat.
Taboo drinks:Blood and Human breast milk are common standard taboos...
But some religions can also ban drinks like: Alcohol, coffee and tea.
These were only small examples the lists are much longer and more detailed.
NATURISM is considered a taboo in some parts of this world
but not in Sweden where I live and here is a link to the
nude beaches in Stockholm: NUDE beaches of Stockholm
