Permitted by law (5)
There are a few possibilities for this:
legitimate
'permitted by law' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for legal that I've seen before include "Rightful" , "Legitimate" , "within the rules" , "Permitted by law" , "Relating to jurisprudence" .)
'permitted by law' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
This is the entire clue.
(Other definitions for licit that I've seen before include "Acceptable" , "Lawful, permitted" , "Allowable" , "Permitted by law" , "OK?" .)
(Other definitions for legitimate that I've seen before include "In accordance with the rules" , "Conforming to the law" , "Within the rules" , "authorised" , "It's admissible" .)