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🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

ostacolo legale

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ɔstakolo leɡale

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Legal hurdle/ˈliː.ɡəl ˈhɜː.dəl/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #4500 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Ci sono ancora molti ostacoli legali da superare."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An obstacle, restriction, or difficulty imposed by law or legal regulations that delays or prevents a desired action.

    "The company must clear several legal hurdles before it can finalize the international merger."
  2. 2

    A statutory or procedural objection raised in a court or regulatory proceeding.

    "Defense attorneys introduced a new legal hurdle to delay the trial."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'legal', deriving from Latin 'legalis' meaning pertaining to the law, and 'hurdle', stemming from Old English 'hyrdel', originally referring to a portable framework of twigs. Over centuries, 'hurdle' evolved metaphorically to describe an obstacle or difficulty to be overcome, particularly in athletic racing and later generalized to any impediment, including statutory or judicial blocks.

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