Legal vs. Ethical

Legaladjective

Relating to the law or to lawyers.

Legaladjective

Having its basis in the law.

Legaladjective

Being allowed or prescribed by law.

Legaladjective

(informal) Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age.

Legalnoun

The legal department of a company.

Legalnoun

Paper in sheets 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm).

Legalnoun

(countable) A spy who is attached to, and ostensibly employed by, an embassy, military outpost, etc.

Legaladjective

Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim; a legal trade; anything is legal which the laws do not forbid.

Legaladjective

According to the law of works, as distinguished from free grace; or resting on works for salvation.

Legaladjective

Governed by the rules of law as distinguished from the rules of equity; as, legal estate; legal assets.

Legaladjective

established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules

Legaladjective

of or relating to jurisprudence;

Legaladjective

having legal efficacy or force;

Legaladjective

relating to or characteristic of the profession of law;

Legaladjective

allowed by official rules;

Ethicaladjective

Of or relating to the study of ethics.

Ethicaladjective

(not comparable) Of or relating to the accepted principles of right and wrong, especially those of some organization or profession.

Ethicaladjective

(comparable) Morally approvable; good.

Ethicaladjective

Only dispensed on the prescription of a physician.

Ethicalnoun

An ethical drug.

Ethicaladjective

of or relating to the philosophical study of ethics;

Ethicaladjective

conforming to accepted standards of social or professional behavior;

Ethicaladjective

adhering to ethical and moral principles;

Ethicaladjective

relating to moral principles or the branch of knowledge dealing with these

Ethicaladjective

morally good or correct

Ethicaladjective

avoiding activities or organizations that do harm to people or the environment

Ethicaladjective

(of a medicine) legally available only on a doctor's prescription and usually not advertised to the general public