Other forms: legalities
Legality is whether something is allowed by law. Question the legality, the legality of the strike, doubtful legality.
It is a question about the law rather than about right and wrong, which is the distinction every argument about it turns on. The legality of something says nothing about whether it should be done.
1nounlegalityWhether something is allowed by law.
“The company checked the legality of the plan before going ahead with it.”
legality is a status.
Latin
lēgālis — legal
English
legal
English, today
legality
Built from
From legal + -ity. legal Learned borrowing from Latin lēgālis (“legal”). Latin lēgālis (“legal”), from lēx (“law”). a doublet of loyal and leal.
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