legality en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /liˈɡælɪti/ (Canada, General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗǵs? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *lḗgʰs? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lex Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin lēgālislbor. English legal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English legality From legal + -ity.
Meanings
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(countable, uncountable) Lawfulness.
Brought from all the recesses of the coast in all the legality of time contracts, lost in uncongenial surroundings, fed on unfamiliar food, they sickened, became inefficient, and were then allowed to crawl away and rest.
1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 206:
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(countable, uncountable) A dice game; the same as chuck-a-luck.
There was one game in particular called “legality,” in which the managers of the establishment played against all comers. It was a game in which six numbers were marked upon a board, the players staked upon a number, the keeper of the bank threw against the players, and according to whether they were successful or not in the number they backed, they won or lost.
1888 August 13, “Police Intelligence: Clerkenwell”, in London Evening Standard, page 2:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| legalities | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Antonyms
illegalness · illegality · unlawfulness · unlaw · lawlessness · illegality · illegality · legalness
Deriveds
pseudolegality · legality panel · medicolegality · principle of legality
Hypernyms
Relateds
Synonyms
legalness · legality · lawfulness
Translations (32)
lv likumīgums (lawfulness) · de Legalität (lawfulness) · pl prawność (lawfulness) · hu törvényszerűség (lawfulness) · te చట్టబద్ధత (lawfulness) · ro legalitate (lawfulness) · ar مَشْرُوعِيَّة (lawfulness) · fi laillisuus (lawfulness) · hu törvényesség (lawfulness) · be лега́льнасць (lawfulness) · ca legalitat (lawfulness) · ru зако́нность (lawfulness) · be зако́ннасць (lawfulness) · bg законност (lawfulness) · pt legalidade (lawfulness) · pl legalność (lawfulness) · it legalità (lawfulness) · ru лега́льность (lawfulness) · cy cyfreithlondeb (lawfulness) · uk лега́льність (lawfulness) · el νομιμότητα (lawfulness) · nl wettigheid (lawfulness) · fr légalité (lawfulness) · hu jogszerűség (lawfulness) · de Rechtmäßigkeit (lawfulness) · nb lovlighet (lawfulness) · lv likumība (lawfulness) · sw uhalali (lawfulness) · es legalidad (lawfulness) · uk зако́нність (lawfulness) · bg легалност (lawfulness) · ar قَانُونِيَّة (lawfulness)