Meaning of LEGALITY
| Pronunciation: | | lee'galitee
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| | Definition: | | [n] lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute |
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| | Antonyms: | | illegality | | |
| | See Also: | | lawfulness, validity, validness | |
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| | Definition: | | \Le*gal"i*ty\ (l[-e]*g[a^]l"[i^]*t[y^]), n. [Cf. LL.
legalitas, F. l['e]galit['e]. Cf. {Loyalty}.]
1. The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.
2. (Theol.) A conformity to, and resting upon, the letter of
the law.
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| | Related Terms: | | admissibility, admissibleness, allowableness, defensibility, drumhead justice, dueness, equitableness, equity, evenhandedness, give-and-take, justice, justifiability, justifiableness, justification, justness, lawfulness, legitimacy, licitness, measure for measure, meetness, nemesis, permissibility, permissibleness, poetic justice, properness, propriety, retributive justice, right, rightfulness, rightness, rude justice, sanctionableness, scales of justice, summary justice, validity, warrantability, warrantableness, warrantedness, what is right |
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