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WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun legality has 1 sense
- legality(n = noun.attribute) Array - lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute; Array has particulars: validity, validness
is a kind of lawfulness
Antonym: illegality
Derived forms adjective legal1, adjective legal3
CIDE DICTIONARY
legality, n. [Cf. LL. legalitas, F. légalité. Cf. Loyalty.].
- The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law. [1913 Webster]
- A conformity to, and resting upon, the letter of the law. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
legality, n. (pl. -ies)
1 lawfulness.
2 legalism.
3 (in pl.) obligations imposed by law.
1 lawfulness.
2 legalism.
3 (in pl.) obligations imposed by law.
Etymology
F l{eacute}galit{eacute} or med.L legalitas (as LEGAL)
THESAURUS
legality
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 rightROGET THESAURUS
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Legality
N legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, legislature, law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule, canon, ordinance, institution, regulation, bylaw, byelaw, decree, ordonnance, standing order, plebiscite, legal process, form, formula, formality, rite, arm of the law, habeas corpus, fieri facias, jurisprudence, nomology, legislation, codification, equity, common law, lex, lex nonscripta, law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium, jus civile, civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law, lex mercatoria, constitutionalism, constitutionality, justice, court, tribunal, judge, lawyer, attorney, legal counsel, legal, legitimate, according to law, vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized, lawful, statutable, statutory, legislatorial, legislative, regulatory, regulated, legally, in the eye of the law, de jure, ignorantia legis neminem excusat, ignorance of the law is no excuse, where law ends tyranny begins.
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