noun
legal act; lawful act
A formal legal term referring to an act that is permitted or recognized by law. Used in legal contexts, contracts, and discussions of legality.
契約は適法行為として認められた。
The contract was recognized as a lawful act.
適法行為と違法行為の境界は時に曖昧だ。
The boundary between lawful and unlawful acts is sometimes ambiguous.
Compound of 適法 (lawful, legal) and 行為 (act, action). The term is a direct Sino-Japanese legal term.