This check becomes the legal equivalent of a real check.

There is a serious issue underlying the dispute, which otherwise might simply be the legal equivalent of mud wrestling.

What I do is the legal equivalent of what my parents did.

But his position was the legal equivalent of "peace through strength."

"Guantanamo Bay was the legal equivalent of outer space - a place with no law."

The maneuvering amounts to the legal equivalent of chicken, with both sides risking great loss to hold their positions.

The principle is actually the legal equivalent of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it."

The only legal equivalent in France is for denying the Holocaust.

On the other hand, if he feels he's been wronged, he does the legal equivalent of killing you.

Massachusetts recognizes civil unions and domestic partnerships established elsewhere as the legal equivalent of marriage.