legal vs true

legal

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

  • Relating to the law or to lawyers. 

  • Having its basis in the law. 

  • Being allowed or prescribed by law. 

  • Above the age of consent or the legal drinking age. 

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

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

  • The legal department of a company. 

  • Somebody who immigrated lawfully. 

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

true

adj
  • Conforming to a rule or pattern; exact; accurate. 

  • As an ellipsis of "(while) it is true (that)", used to start a sentence 

  • Genuine; legitimate, valid. 

  • Correctly aligned or calibrated, without deviation. 

  • based on actual historical events. 

  • Conforming to the actual state of reality or fact; factually correct. 

  • Used in the designation of group of species, or sometimes a single species, to indicate that it belongs to the clade its common name (which may be more broadly scoped in common speech) is restricted to in technical speech, or to distinguish it from a similar species, the latter of which may be called false. 

  • Fair, unbiased, not loaded. 

  • Of the state in Boolean logic that indicates an affirmative or positive result. 

  • Loyal, faithful. 

  • Accurate; following a path toward the target. 

adv
  • Accurately. 

noun
  • The state of being in alignment. 

verb
  • To straighten (of something that is supposed to be straight). 

  • To make even, level, symmetrical, or accurate, align; adjust. 

How often have the words legal and true occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )