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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lawfulness, fairness |
| Synonyms: | amends, appeal, authority, authorization, charter, code, compensation, consideration, constitutionality, correction, credo, creed, decree, due process, equity, evenness, fair play, fair treatment, hearing, honesty, impartiality, integrity, judicatory, judicature, justness, law, legal process, legality, legalization, legitimacy, litigation, penalty, reasonableness, recompense, rectitude, redress, reparation, review, right, rule, sanction, sentence, square deal, truth |
| Notes: | revenge is personal and justice is societal |
| Antonyms: | illegality, injustice, lawlessness, partiality, unethicalness, unfairness |
| Main Entry: | lawfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legality |
| Synonyms: | authority, constitutionality, defendability, justice, legitimacy, legitimateness, licitness, permissibility, right, validity |
| Main Entry: | legitimacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legality |
| Synonyms: | authority, constitutionality, defendability, justice, lawfulness, legitimateness, licitness, permissibility, right, validity |
| Main Entry: | legitimateness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legality |
| Synonyms: | authority, constitutionality, defendability, justice, lawfulness, legitimacy, licitness, permissibility, right, validity |
| Main Entry: | licitness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | legality |
| Synonyms: | authority, constitutionality, defendability, justice, lawfulness, legitimacy, legitimateness, permissibility, right, validity |
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| Main Entry: | lawfulness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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according to law, allowable, chartered, ennomic, indulgent, lawful, legal, legalized, legitimate, licit, patent, permissible, permissive, permitted, permitting, unconditional, unforbid, unforbidden
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| Concept: | Legality. |
| Category: | 5. Institutions |
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-nouns
legality; legitimacy, legitimateness., legislature; law, code, corpus juris, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule; canon (precept); ordinance, institution, regulation; bylaw, byelaw; decree (order); ordonnance; standing order; plebiscite (choice)., legal process; form, formula, formality; rite, arm of the law; habeas corpus; fieri facias., [Science of law] jurisprudence, nomology; legislation, codification., equity, common law; lex, lex nonscripta; law of nations, droit des gens, international law, jus gentium; jus civile; civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law; lex mercatoria., constitutionalism, constitutionality; justice.
-verbs
legalize; enact, ordain; decree (order); pass a law; legislate; codify, formulate.
-adjectives
legal, legitimate; according to law; vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized; lawful (permitted); statutable, statutory; legislatorial, legislative.
-adverbs
legally; in the eye of the law; de jure.
-phrases
ignorantia legis neminem excusat; "where law ends tyranny begins" [Earl of Chatham].
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| Antonyms: | illegality |
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