Legality Meaning
/liˈɡælɪti/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounLawfulness.
nounA dice game; the same as chuck-a-luck.
Sentence Examples
It's a question of legality.
The lawyers questioned the legality of the new contract.
CEFR Practice Quiz
After a long review, the board finally accepted the ____ of the patent.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the new government policy was questioned by several experts, leading to a heated public debate.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.? Proto-Indo-European *legʰ-der.? Proto-Italic *lēks Latin lex Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-der.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin lēgālislbor. English legal Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts Latin -itāsder. Old French -itebor. Middle English -ite English -ity English legality From legal + -ity.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Brought from all the recesses of the coast in all the legality of time contracts, lost in uncongenial surroundings, fed on unfamiliar food, they sickened, became inefficient, and were then allowed to crawl away and rest."
— 1899 February, Joseph Conrad, “The Heart of Darkness”, in Blackwood’s Edinburgh Magazine, volume CLXV, number M, New York, N.Y.: The Leonard Scott Publishing Company, […], →OCLC, part I, page 206:
"There was one game in particular called “legality,” in which the managers of the establishment played against all comers. It was a game in which six numbers were marked upon a board, the players staked upon a number, the keeper of the bank threw against the players, and according to whether they were successful or not in the number they backed, they won or lost."
— 1888 August 13, “Police Intelligence: Clerkenwell”, in London Evening Standard, page 2:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
After a long review, the board finally accepted the ____ of the patent.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The ____ of the new government policy was questioned by several experts, leading to a heated public debate.