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legality

[lee-gal-i-tee]

noun

plural

legalities 
  1. the state or quality of being in conformity with the law; lawfulness.

    Synonyms: ,
  2. attachment to or observance of law.

  3. Usually legalities. a duty or obligation imposed by law.

  4. Theology.reliance on good works for salvation rather than on free grace.



legality

/ ɪˈɡæɪɪ /

noun

  1. the state or quality of being legal or lawful

  2. adherence to legal principles

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • pseudolegality noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of legality1

1425–75; late Middle English legalite < Medieval Latin ŧ. See legal, -ity
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District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco, will set off a rare test over the legality of a military deployment on American soil.

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Kavanagh didn’t comment on the deployment’s legality, but called it unprecedented in modern times.

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California is challenging the legality of the militarization, arguing in a lawsuit filed Monday that the deployment of both the National Guard and the Marines violated the 10th Amendment to the U.S.

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Still, part of that guilt and shame may stem from the legality of psychedelics, which are banned in most places.

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For fascists, what the leader wants is more legitimacy than legality, because while the former was the result of a cult of heroism and leadership principle, the latter was regarded as artificial and even boring.

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