Contraband vs. Legal: What's the Difference?

Goods prohibited by law or treaty from being imported or exported.

Of, relating to, or concerned with law

Goods that are possessed contrary to law or rule, as in a prison or school.

Established or recognized by law

Illegal traffic in contraband; smuggling.

Authorized by law

Smuggled goods.

Established legally other than by statute, as by a judicial opinion

Goods that may be seized and confiscated by a belligerent if shipped to another belligerent by a neutral.

In conformity with or permitted by law

An escaped slave during the Civil War who fled to or was taken behind Union lines.

Recognized or enforced by law rather than by equity.

Prohibited from being imported or exported.

In terms of or created by the law

(uncountable) Any goods which are illicit or illegal to possess.

Applicable to or characteristic of attorneys or their profession.

(uncountable) Goods which are prohibited from being traded, smuggled goods.

Acceptable or allowable under official rules

A black slave during the American Civil War who had escaped to, or been captured by, Union forces.

A person who is legally authorized to live and work in a country.

Prohibited from being traded.

A person or department providing legal assistance.

(obsolete) To import illegally; to smuggle.

A legal notice, especially an advertisement.

(obsolete) To declare prohibited; to forbid.

Relating to the law or to lawyers.

Illegal or prohibited traffic.

Having its basis in the law.

Goods or merchandise the importation or exportation of which is forbidden.

Being allowed or prescribed by law.

A negro slave, during the Civil War, escaped to, or was brought within, the Union lines. Such slave was considered contraband of war.

Following the rules or syntax of a system, such as a game or a programming language.

Prohibited or excluded by law or treaty; forbidden; as, contraband goods, or trade.

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

To import illegally, as prohibited goods; to smuggle.

(of paper or document layouts) Measuring 8½ in × 14 in (215.9 mm × 355.6 mm) (also legal-size).

To declare prohibited; to forbid.

The legal department of a company.

Goods whose importation or exportation or possession is prohibited by law

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

Distributed or sold illicitly;

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

Somebody who immigrated lawfully.

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.

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

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

Established by or founded upon law or official or accepted rules

Of or relating to jurisprudence;

Having legal efficacy or force;

Relating to or characteristic of the profession of law;

Allowed by official rules;