legality.

Conformity with applicable law.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• legality of an action
• question of legality

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The legality of the action was assessed under the law in force at the time.

The question of legality did not resolve the separate ethical objection.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Usually uncountable. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: requirements and constraints, institutional organization, formal assessment, system properties. Disciplines: academic writing, formal analysis, institutional studies. Commonness: moderately common.