legality
Roget-categorie 963
6. Words relating to the sentient and moral› 6.4. Moral affections
›› 6.4.5. Moral institutions
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Legality
zelfstandig naamwoord
legality — legitimacy, legitimateness.legislature — law, code, corpus juris [Lat.], constitution, pandect†, charter, enactment, statute, rule — canon etc. (precept) 697 — ordinance, institution, regulation — bylaw, byelaw — decree etc. (order) 741 — ordonnance† — standing order — plebiscite etc. (choice) 609.
legal process — form, formula, formality — rite, arm of the law — habeas corpus — fieri facias [Lat.].
[Science of law] jurisprudence, nomology† — legislation, codification.
equity, common law — lex [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 law — lex mercatoria [Lat.].
constitutionalism, constitutionality — justice 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
legalize — enact, ordain — decree etc. (order) 741 — pass a law, enact a regulation — legislate — codify, formulate — regulate.bijvoeglijk naamwoord
legal, legitimate — according to law — vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized — lawful etc. (permitted) 760 — statutable†, statutory — legislatorial, legislative — regulatory, 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 excuse — where law ends tyranny begins" [Earl of Chatham].The content on this page comes straight from Project Gutenberg Etext of Roget's Thesaurus No. Two, which consists of the acclaimed work by Peter Mark Roget augmented with more recent material. Some changes were made to the formatting for improved readability.
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