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1 Legality -- rank: 1000

Legality definitions Webster's 1828 Dictionary LEGAL'ITY, n. 1. Lawfulness ... or med.L legalitas (as LEGAL) Webster's 1913 Dictionary Legality Le*gal"i*ty (l[-e]*g[a^]l"[i ... law. Collin's Cobuild Dictionary If you talk about the legality of an action or situation, you are talking about whether ... it is legal or not. The auditor has questioned the legality of the contracts. N-UNCOUNT: usu the N of n ...

2 Lawfulness -- rank: 453

... LAW'FULNESS, n. The quality of being conformable to law; legality. The lawfulness of an action does not always prove its ... ness, n. Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Legality, conformity to law. 2. Allowableness, permissibleness, permissibility. Moby Thesaurus actionability ... justiciability, justifiability, justifiableness, justification, justness, legal form, legal process, legalism, legality, legitimacy, legitimateness, licitness, measure for measure, meetness, nemesis, permissibility, permissibleness ...

3 Persecution -- rank: 358

... lawful religion. Christianity at First Not a Forbidden Religion. This legality of the Christian faith was illustrated and enforced by the ... the importance attached by the government to a show of legality in the persecution of the leader" (Workman, Persecution in the ...

4 Legitimacy -- rank: 358

... see legitimate Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms n. 1. Legality, lawfulness, accordance with law. 2. Genuineness. Moby Thesaurus absolute power ... lawful authority, lawfulness, legal authority, legal form, legal process, legalism, legality, legitimateness, licitness, lifelikeness, literalism, literality, literalness, naturalism, naturalness, pardonableness, permissibility ...

5 JESUS CHRIST, THE ARREST AND TRIAL OF -- rank: 358

... decision just come to, and to give a semblance of legality to the trial and verdict. The closing scene was one ... benefit of these, and perhaps to give an appearance of legality to the proceeding, the high priest began the trial anew ...

6 Warrant -- rank: 358

... 5. A voucher; that which attests or proves. 6. Right; legality. Theres warrant in that theft which steals itself when theres ... 3. That which attests or proves; a voucher. 4. Right; legality; allowance. [Obs.] --Shak. Bench warrant. (Law) See in the Vocabulary ...

7 Right -- rank: 226

... revering, lawful, lawful authority, lawfulness, legal, legal authority, legal rights, legality, legitimacy, letter-perfect, level, liberty, license, licit, likely, limitation, lineal ...

8 Rag -- rank: 226

... fluttered into rags. --Milton. Not having otherwise any rag of legality to cover the shame of their cruelty. --Fuller. 2. pl ...

9 Probed -- rank: 226

... or examine thoroughly. --Dryden. The growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts, of the crown. --Hallam.

10 Plessy vs. Ferguson -- rank: 226

... Concise U.S. Supreme Court decision (1896) that established the legality of racial segregation so long as facilities were "separate but ...

11 probing -- rank: 226

... or examine thoroughly. --Dryden. The growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts, of the crown. --Hallam. Collin's Cobuild ...

12 poetic justice -- rank: 226

... evenhandedness, give-and-take, justice, justifiability, justifiableness, justification, justness, lawfulness, legality, measure for measure, meetness, nemesis, poetcraft, poetic language, poetic license ...

13 Propriety -- rank: 226

... gracefulness, gracility, happiness, health, justice, justifiability, justifiableness, justification, justness, lawfulness, legality, limpidity, loadedness, lucidity, mannerliness, measure for measure, meetness, modesty, mores ...

14 Propound -- rank: 226

... etc.) before the proper authority so as to establish its legality. Derivatives: propounder n. Etymology: earlier propoune, propone f. L proponere ...

15 Probe -- rank: 226

... or examine thoroughly. --Dryden. The growing disposition to probe the legality of all acts, of the crown. --Hallam. Collin's Cobuild ...