法的 (hōteki) means “legal” | MotiTan Japanese Dictionary

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この合意には法的な効力があります。ko no gō i ni wa hō teki na kō ryoku ga a ri ma su

This agreement has legal effect.

Describes something connected with law or based on rules established by law.

合法的gōhōteki: Meeting legal requirements and involving no action that the law forbids.

法律に関係し、法律の定めに基づくさま。hō ritsu ni kan kei shi hō ritsu no sada me ni moto zu ku sa ma

法的 (hōteki) is a Sino-Japanese compound of 法 (hō, "law") and 的 (teki, "-related"), so its basic sense is "related to law."

In Japanese, 法的な (hōteki na) commonly modifies nouns, while English often uses legal before a noun or legally with a verb.