legality
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4.1
- noun
- /lɪˈɡæləti/
- Specialized
:
legalidad
- The detective said, "We'll leave the legalities of the case to the DA's office."
- challenge the legality
- question the legality
- questionable legality
So legality was swept aside by popularity.
- So legality was swept aside by popularity.
- That's where you enter, you know, the legalities around political campaign fundraising and campaign finance.
- But having said all of that, we're we're talking about it from a legal perspective, you know, what is the true legality of this situation?
- That's been eight years, So no legalities, everybody, you know, Good, good.
- So I ran into constantly these issues, legality as well as ethical applications.
- Court legality lives on a drawn out process.
- Obviously the martial arts and it can be applied, but the mindset isn't there, the legality, right?
- I think the person is being understood in terms of a kind of legality or a kind of justice.
- Good God, I like toxicity, but legality.
- But with the preface that we're talking about this in a, in a legal clinical setting and the legality is something that's now in process.
- O website of plenty, toss a coin to your lawyer, a friend of legality.
Examples
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Indeed, while the practice has been widely criticized, its legality has not been seriously questioned.
Academic text (1993) -
The ability of the Oregon law to withstand challenges to its legality has strengthened individual autonomy at the end of life.
Academic text (2011) -
Not sure about the legality, though.
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The country at war, it is not easy to maintain legality, you know.
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When the lawyers have some free time, they should look into the legality of this curse.
Fiction book (2001) -
The apparent conflict is over the legality of the status and practices of these companies.
Academic text (1992) -
Another unit is devoted to the question of the war's legality, long a favorite topic of the Left.
Academic text (1992) -
Mubarak will probably face embarrassing challenges to the legality of the election laws.
Academic text (1993) -
The lawyer explained the legality of the new regulations to her clients clearly.
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The committee is reviewing the legality of the proposed law before it can be enacted.
Synonyms
54
4.6
A state in which something is allowed by law or official rules
18
4.9
Legal force that makes a document or agreement binding
1
4.7
Being allowed by law
1
6.8
How much the law or rules allow something
Being allowed by law
Antonyms
Compounds
How Legal
- Specialized
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4.1
14
6.7
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Legality comes from the root legal, meaning 'relating to law', and from the Latin word lex, meaning 'law'. So, legality is the state of being 'in line with the law'.