法ほう律りつ上じょう

noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'

legal; legally; de jure

Used to describe something from a legal perspective, often contrasting with practical or factual situations. Common in formal or technical contexts.

• 法ほう律りつ上じょうは問もん題だいないが、倫りん理り的てきにはどうだろうか。

  Legally there is no problem, but ethically, I wonder.

• 彼かれは法ほう律りつ上じょうの責せき任にんを問とわれた。

  He was held legally responsible.