Synonyms for legal status
le·gal sta·tus

Princeton's WordNet

1. legal statusnoun

   a status defined by law

Matched Categories

1. • Law
   • Status

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1. Jorge Duany:

   Cubans on the island are increasingly concerned that the special legal status that they have under current U.S. law might be taken away.

2. Renee Sun:

   This was a setup that trapped a simple American young man for the benefit of gaining legal status for this woman's entire family, her mother, and her brother, by finding a victim like my son, they can stay in this country and immediately enjoy all the social benefits.

3. Jeb Bush:

   The plan also includes a path to legal status.

4. Hillary Clinton:

   We have to finally, once and for all, fix our immigration system, make no mistake, today not a single Republican candidate, announced or potential, is clearly and consistently supporting a path to citizenship. Not one. When they talk about legal status, that is code for second-class status.

5. Emily Benavides:

   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.