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Verb
/ˈlēgəˌlīz/,
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legalized, past participle; legalizing, present participle; legalized, past tense; legalised, past participle; legalizes, 3rd person singular present; legalising, present participle; legalises, 3rd person singular present; legalised, past tense;
  1. Make (something that was previously illegal) permissible by law
    • - a measure legalizing gambling in Deadwood
  1. make legal; "Marijuana should be legalized"
  2. (legalization) the act of making lawful
  3. (Legalization (of a document)) In international law, legalization is the process of certifying a document so a foreign country's legal system will recognize it. The process is used routinely in international commerce.
  4. Alternative spelling of legalise
  5. (Legalization) It is a program that allows to receive temporary residence status to certain aliens. Synonyms are also “temporary resident status” and “amnesty”
  6. (Legalization) Removal of legal restrictions on the cultivation, manufacture, distribution, possession and/or use of a psychoactive substance.
  7. (Legalization) the action by which the Customs administrator  or officers to whom he/she delegates this power certify that the  relevant document has met all legal and regulatory formalities, approving it and verifying compliance with the guarantee required to be furnished in respect of those ...
  8. (Legalizations) the procedure to certify the signatures on a legal or commercial document, in order to prove that it is a valid document abroad. See authentications.
  9. To remove criminal penalties. When a particular behavior, previoulsy illegal, is legalized, there remains no criminal punishment for the behavior, i.e., individuals are free to participate in the behavior without fear of criminal prosecution. See decriminalize.