# legal (law)

that which is in a state that follows a law rule

- Computed level: L10 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: legal  ·  Arena: EmergenceLexicon

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [law](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-law.rule), [state](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-state.condition)

**Through:** When a state follows a law rule, the condition becomes legal.

**Novel properties:**
- binding authority
- public enforceability

## Examples
- The U.S. Constitution remained legally binding after the 2020 presidential election, despite contested results in several states. *(institutions)*
- The Toyota Production System operates within OSHA safety regulations at its Georgetown, Kentucky plant. *(engineering)*
- Bitcoin transactions on the mainnet comply with cryptographic consensus rules encoded in version 0.21.0. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [corporate](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-corporate.business) (L11)
- [corporation](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-corporation.business) (L11)
- [court](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-court.legal) (L17)

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