legality
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Legality is the state of being consistent with the law, the construct of legal power, or lawfulness in a given jurisdiction.
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- Subclass of
- statute
- Part of
- political philosophy
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- characteristic of
- activity
- partially coincident with
- constitutionality
- opposite of
- violation of law
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- Definition
- Principle of legality
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- United States
- Feminist theory
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Legality is the state of being consistent with the law, the construct of legal power, or lawfulness in a given jurisdiction.
== Definition ==
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