legal limit
Lawful upper bound
Legal limit is the maximum amount of something permitted by law, most often referring to blood alcohol concentration while driving: She was arrested for being over the legal limit.
The phrase applies to other regulated quantities—speed limits, catch limits for fishing, or pollutant levels.
To be at the legal limit is to be right at the threshold; under the legal limit means compliant.
- thresholdPoint of beginning
- blood alcoholEthanol concentration in bloodstream
- blood alcohol levelEthanol concentration in bloodstream
- BACIntoxication level abbreviation
- breathalyzerAlcohol detection device
field sobriety test · intoxication · restriction · boundary · cap · maximum · tolerance · prohibition · open container · offense · driving · designated driver · impairment · sobriety · checkpoint · traffic stop · compliance · exceed
- alcohol lawsdrunk driving, DUI, BAC, drinking age, blood alcohol
- DUIdrunk tank, implied consent, field sobriety test, breathalyzer, BAC test
- liquor lawsDUI, public intoxication, alcohol ban, open container, drinking age
- ProhibitionProhibition, speakeasies, bootlegger, bootleggers, speakeasy
- restrictionsban, bans, restrictions, restriction, rules
legal limitsuggestion
Idea proposed for consideration
recommendation · guideline · advisory · best practice · rule of thumb
legal limitno limit
Without a maximum
unlimited · unrestricted · uncapped · open-ended · boundless
legal, limit, legally, legality, legalize, legalization, illegal, illegally, illegality