From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlegal padˈlegal pad noun [countable] Da book containing sheets of yellow writing paper with lines on it, of a type sold in the US
Examples from the Corpus
legal pad• Police sources revealed earlier that the three-page ransom note had been handwritten on paper from a legal pad found in the home.• It had been written with a black felt-tip pen on a legal pad that was in the home.• Sitting in his law office at 4 a. m. the next day, he took out a legal pad.• Instead, he pulls a legal pad and a calendar from his briefcase and heads for the phone.• Now it's Dominic who hovers selfconsciously, scribbling busily on a yellow legal pad.• Adam picked up a yellow legal pad and scribbled on it.From Longman Business Dictionarylegal padlegal pad a pad of yellow paper with lines, available mainly in the US → pad 