| Pronunciation: | `ilee'galitee | ||
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| Definition: | [n] unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute | ||
| Antonyms: | legality | ||
| See Also: | infection, lawlessness, outlawry, unlawfulness | ||
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary | |||
| Definition: | \Il`le*gal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Illegalities}. [Cf. F. ill['e]galit['e].] The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act. | ||
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| Related Terms: | aberrance, aberrancy, abnormality, crime, criminality, delict, delinquency, deviance, deviancy, felony, improperness, impropriety, inappropriateness, incorrectness, indecorousness, indecorum, inequitableness, inequity, infraction, iniquitousness, iniquity, injustice, misdemeanor, offense, sinfulness, tort, undueness, unfitness, unfittingness, unjustness, unlawfulness, unmeetness, unrighteousness, unseemliness, unsuitability, violation, wickedness, wrong, wrongdoing, wrongfulness, wrongness | ||
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