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Roget-categorie 963

6. Words relating to the sentient and moral
6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.5. Moral institutions

#963. Legality

zelfstandig naamwoord

legalitylegitimacy, legitimateness.
legislaturelaw, code, corpus juris [Lat.], constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rulecanon etc. (precept) 697ordinance, institution, regulationbylaw, byelawdecree etc. (order) 741ordonnancestanding orderplebiscite etc. (choice) 609.
legal processform, formula, formalityrite, arm of the lawhabeas corpusfieri facias [Lat.].
[Science of law] jurisprudence, nomologylegislation, codification.
equity, common lawlex [Lat.], lex nonscripta [Lat.]law of nations, droit des gens [Fr.], international law, jus gentium [Lat.]jus civile [Lat.]civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative lawlex mercatoria [Lat.].
constitutionalism, constitutionalityjustice etc. 922.
[institution for deciding questions of law] court, tribunal etc. 966.
[person who presides at a court or tribunal] judge etc. 967.
[specialist in questions of law] lawyer, attorney, legal counsel etc. 968.

werkwoord

legalizeenact, ordaindecree etc. (order) 741pass a law, enact a regulationlegislatecodify, formulateregulate.

bijvoeglijk naamwoord

legal, legitimateaccording to lawvested, constitutional, chartered, legalizedlawful etc. (permitted) 760statutable, statutorylegislatorial, legislativeregulatory, regulated.

bijwoord

legally etc. adj. — in the eye of the law de jure [Lat.].

uitdrukking

ignorantia legis neminem excusat [Lat.], ignorance of the law is no excusewhere law ends tyranny begins" [Earl of Chatham].

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