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People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment.
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Meaning of "legality" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LEGALITY

legality  [lɪˈɡælɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LEGALITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Legality is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES LEGALITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Principle of legality

The principle of legality is the legal ideal that requires all law to be clear, ascertainable and non-retrospective. It requires decision makers to resolve disputes by applying legal rules that have been declared beforehand, and not to alter the legal situation retrospectively by discretionary departures from established law. It is closely related to legal formalism and the rule of law and can be traced from the writings of Feuerbach, Dicey and Montesquieu. The principle has particular relevance in criminal and administrative law. In criminal law it can be seen in the general prohibition on the imposition of criminal sanctions for acts or omissions that were not criminal at the time of their commission or omission. The principle is also thought to be violated when the sanctions for a particular crime are increased with retrospective effect. In administrative law it can be seen in the desire for state officials to be bound by and apply the law rather than acting upon whim. As such advocates of the principle are normally against discretionary powers.

Definition of legality in the English dictionary

The definition of legality in the dictionary is the state or quality of being legal or lawful. Other definition of legality is adherence to legal principles.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH LEGALITY


conjugality
ˌkɒndʒʊˈɡælɪtɪ
egalite
iːˈɡælɪtɪ
egality
iːˈɡælɪtɪ
frugality
fruːˈɡælɪtɪ
functionality
ˌfʌŋkʃənˈælɪtɪ
homosexuality
ˌhəʊməʊˌsɛksjʊˈælɪtɪ
hospitality
ˌhɒspɪˈtælɪtɪ
illegality
ˌɪlɪˈɡælɪtɪ
locality
ləʊˈkælɪtɪ
mortality
mɔːˈtælɪtɪ
municipality
mjuːˌnɪsɪˈpælɪtɪ
nationality
ˌnæʃəˈnælɪtɪ
originality
əˌrɪdʒɪˈnælɪtɪ
personality
ˌpɜːsəˈnælɪtɪ
prodigality
ˌprɒdɪˈɡælɪtɪ
reality
rɪˈælɪtɪ
regality
riːˈɡælɪtɪ
sexuality
ˌsɛksjʊˈælɪtɪ
speciality
ˌspɛʃɪˈælɪtɪ
spirituality
ˌspɪrɪtjʊˈælɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LEGALITY

legal process
legal profession
legal redress
legal representation
legal separation
legal successor
legal system
legal tender
legalese
legalise
legaliser
legalism
legalist
legalistic
legalistically
legalities
legalization
legalize
legalizer
legally

WORDS THAT END LIKE LEGALITY

ability
abnormality
air quality
augmented reality
brutality
duality
equality
fatality
generality
in reality
individuality
inequality
infant mortality
low-quality
mentality
morality
neutrality
plurality
quality
virtual reality
vitality

Synonyms and antonyms of legality in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «LEGALITY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «legality» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of legality

Translation of «legality» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LEGALITY

Find out the translation of legality to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of legality from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «legality» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

合法性
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

legalidad
570 millions of speakers

English

legality
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

वैधता
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الشرعية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

законность
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

legalidade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

বৈধতা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

légalité
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Sahsiah
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Legalität
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

合法性
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

합법성
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Legality
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tính hợp pháp
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

சட்டப்பூர்வ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कायदेशीरपणा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yasallık
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

legalità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

legalność
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

законність
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

legalitate
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

νομιμότητας
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

wettigheid
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

laglighet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lovligheten
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of legality

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGALITY»

The term «legality» is quite widely used and occupies the 26.460 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LEGALITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «legality» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «legality» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about legality

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6 QUOTES WITH «LEGALITY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word legality.
1
John Acton
The fate of every democracy, of every government based on the sovereignty of the people, depends on the choices it makes between these opposite principles, absolute power on the one hand, and on the other the restraints of legality and the authority of tradition.
2
Jeff Bingaman
People should not be imprisoned without having the ability to challenge the legality of that imprisonment.
3
Robert Byrd
Hitler never abandoned the cloak of legality; he recognized the enormous psychological value of having the law on his side. Instead, he turned the law inside out and made illegality legal.
4
Richard Perle
But if the UN cannot or will not revise its rules in ways that establish beyond question the legality of the measures the United States must take to protect the American people, then we should unashamedly and explicitly reject the jurisdiction of these rules.
5
Clare Short
So my own suspicion is that the attorney has stopped this prosecution because part of her defence was to question legality and that would have brought his advice into the public domain again and there was something fishy about the way in which he said war was legal.
6
Roger Wicker
Embryonic stem cell research is legal in America, and nothing in the administration's current policy affects that legality; 400 lines are currently being used to conduct embryonic stem cell research, both in the private sector and by the Federal Government.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LEGALITY»

Discover the use of legality in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to legality and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Legality
Legality is a profound work in analytical jurisprudence, the branch of legal philosophy which deals with metaphysical questions about the law.
Scott J. Shapiro, 2011
2
Legality and Legitimacy
In this important work, Schmitt questions the political viability of liberal constitutionalism, parliamentary government, and the rule of law.
Carl Schmitt, Jeffrey Seitzer, 2004
3
Kelsen in the "Grenada Court": Essays on Revolutionary Legality
This collection of clear, readily understood essays, shows that the Court determined its own validity as a matter of necessity. Using examples from around the Commonwealth, the case of Bernard Coard & Ors. v.
Simeon C. R. McIntosh, 2008
4
Legitimacy and Legality in International Law: An ...
By drawing together the legal theory of Lon Fuller and the insights of constructivist international relations scholars, this book articulates a pragmatic view of how international obligation is created and maintained.
Jutta Brunnée, Stephen J. Toope, 2010
5
Limits of Legality: The Ethics of Lawless Judging
Combining ethical theory with discussions of caselaw, Jeffrey Brand-Ballard challenges arguments for the traditional view, including arguments from the fact that judges swear oaths to uphold the law, and arguments from our duty to obey the ...
Jeffrey Brand-Ballard, 2010
6
Legality
Scott Shapiro is a positivist, but one who tries to bridge the differences between the two approaches. In Legality, he shows how law can be thought of as a set of plans to achieve complex human goals.
Scott Shapiro, 2011
7
Cultures of Legality: Judicialization and Political Activism ...
Law has become a core focus of political movements and policy-making. This volume explores the changing legal ideas and practices that accompany, cause, and are a consequence of the judicialization of politics in Latin America.
Javier Couso, Alexandra Huneeus, Rachel Sieder, 2010
8
Legality
How could we possibly know how to answer such an abstract question? And what would be the point of doing so? In "Legality," Scott Shapiro argues that the question is not only meaningful but vitally important.
Scott J. Shapiro, 2013
9
A Modern Treatise on the Principle of Legality in Criminal Law
This book discusses legality, one of the four main principles of criminal law, and is divided into six parts, according to the scientific understanding of this key concept.
Gabriel Hallevy, 2010
10
Producing Legality: Law and Socialism in Cuba
Producing Legality provides a window into the official construction of socialist legality in Cuba and the dissemination of this legal consciousness throughout the country.
Marjorie Zatz, 2014

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LEGALITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term legality is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Uber, regulators fight over legality, philosophy
TAMPA — The battle between technology and established rules came to a Tampa courtroom Friday as Uber and the Public Transportation ... «TBO.com, Jul 15»
2
Tzipi Livni: Legality of Boarding Mavi Marmara is Established
MK Tzipi Livni (Zionist Union) has responded to the International Criminal Court's decision to reexamine the 2010 Mavi Marmara incident. «Arutz Sheva, Jul 15»
3
County tackles HR budget requests, talks legality of payroll system
Amanda Talbert, McLennan County human resources director, outlines her budget requests for fiscal year 2016 to county commissioners on ... «Waco Tribune-Herald, Jul 15»
4
No clear answer on pot-store legality
Glenn Price plans to defy the law if he cannot get some answers from politicians about the closing of his medicinal marijuana dispensary. «Winnipeg Sun, Jul 15»
5
County officials question legality of URA project in downtown Lewiston
But, after meeting on Monday, county commissioners discovered some information that challenges the legality of an Urban Renewal project in ... «KLEW, Jul 15»
6
Couple to test legality of land maintenance company's business …
Mike and Jean Marriott will use their title deeds to test the legality of the business model used by Greenbelt Group, a Glasgow-based lands ... «Scottish Legal News, Jul 15»
7
Group questions cross's legality
As best as anyone can remember, the cross has stood on the bluffs above La Crescent for anywhere from 35 to 40 years. It's illuminated during ... «The Courier Life News, Jul 15»
8
Legality of Warren County renovation project hazy
The Warren County Board of Supervisors is now so divided even legal opinions are coming back seemingly skewed to please opposing camps ... «DesMoinesRegister.com, Jul 15»
9
The legality of daily fantasy sports betting in the US
Since 1919, when the then-heavily favored Chicago White Sox intentionally lost the World Series, sport gambling and sport betting have been ... «LawInSport, Jul 15»
10
Wisconsin attorney general sues over legality of food stamp drug …
Wisconsin Attorney General Brad Schimel filed a lawsuit Tuesday asking a federal judge to declare legal state budget provisions requiring food ... «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»

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