Synonyms for legality
liˈgæl ɪ tile·gal·i·ty

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1. legalitynoun

   Antonyms:
   illegality

2. legalitynoun

   Antonyms:
   illegality

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1. legality

   In its governmental relations, human or divine, justice is the giving to every person exactly what he deserves, not necessarily involving any consideration of what any other may deserve; equity (the quality of being equal) is giving every one as much advantage, privilege, or consideration as is given to any other; it is that which is equally right or just to all concerned; equity is equal justice and is thus a close synonym for fairness and impartiality, but it has a philosophical and legal precision that those words have not. In legal proceedings cases arise for which the law has not adequately provided, or in which general provisions, just in the main, would work individual hardship. The system of equity, devised to supply the insufficiencies of law, deals with cases "to which the law by reason of its universality can not apply." "Equity, then, ... is the soul and spirit of all law; positive law is construed and rational law is made by it." Blackstone bk. iii, ch. 27, p. 429. In personal and social relations justice is the rendering to every one what is due or merited, whether in act, word, or thought; in matters of reasoning, or literary work of any kind, justice is close, faithful, unprejudiced, and unbiased adherence to essential truth or fact; we speak of the justice of a statement, or of doing justice to a subject. Integrity, rectitude, right, righteousness and virtue denote conformity of personal conduct to the moral law, and thus necessarily include justice, which is giving others that which is their due. Lawfulness is an ambiguous word, meaning in its narrower sense mere legality, which may be very far from justice, but in its higher sense signifying accordance with the supreme law of right, and thus including perfect justice. Justness refers rather to logical relations than to practical matters; as, we speak of the justness of a statement or of a criticism. See JUDGE, n.

   Synonyms:
   equity, fair play, fairness, faithfulness, honor, impartiality, integrity, justice, justness, law, lawfulness, rectitude, right, righteousness, rightfulness, truth, uprightness, virtue

   Antonyms:
   dishonesty, favoritism, inequity, injustice, partiality, unfairness, unlawfulness, unreasonableness, untruth, wrong

   Preposition:
   The justice of the king; to or for the oppressed.

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1. legalitynoun

   lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute

   Antonyms:
   illegality

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1. legalitynoun

   Synonyms:
   lawfulness, conformity to law

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1. legalitynoun

   Synonyms:
   lawfulness, legitimacy

   Antonyms:
   illegality

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1. List of paraphrases for "legality":

   lawfulness, legitimacy, permissibility, regularity, law

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1. Shawn Nolan:

   The courts have made clear that the government cannot rush executions in order to avoid judicial review of the legality and constitutionality of its new execution procedure.

2. Emilio Archila:

   This is a long-term effort. We are all clear that within the priorities is accompanying ex-combatants for all the time that is necessary for them to finish their transition to legality.

3. Eric Siddall:

   George Gascón’sretaliation against two long-standing and highly respected prosecutors for questioning the legality ofGascón’sdirectives, and how those directives put the safety of Los Angeles residents at risk, showsGascón’s lack of leadership, a true leader listens to the experts and works with them.Gascón’s smallness is a problem for the people of Los Angeles County.

4. German Chancellor Angela Merkel:

   We will not solve the refugee problem completely, we need, among other things, further talks with Turkey for that, only with Turkey we can switch illegality to legality. It is very important that the (European) Commission discusses further the migration agenda with Turkey.

5. Virgilio Rincon:

   Today legality won and there will be an orderly sale in the market without affecting the interests of investors.