0 the money that can be officially used in a country
1 the official money used in a country
2 coins or bank notes that are part of a country's official currency:
Receiving paper in return for taxes was the mechanism conceived by the government to enforce acceptance of the peso as legal tender.
The legal tender status of foreign coins was not cancelled until 1857.
They may even become the legal tender of patent challenge and defense.
Strictly speaking, the gold, silver and copper coins issued by the federal government, together with selected foreign specie, were the only legal tender.
Despite their heterogeneous appearance, local tokens in circulation were convertible to legal tender available over a broad area.
Despite the growth of state banks, sovereignty was to be undivided in the matter of the issue of legal tender.
In principle, there is much to be said for one set of notes circulating as legal tender as at present.
If, however, it were to be adopted, many states might choose to make it legal tender.
