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Illegality definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ILLEGAL'ITY, n. Contrariety to law; unlawfulness; as the illegality of trespass,or of false imprisonment.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute [ant: legality]

Merriam Webster's

noun see illegal I

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Illegality Il`le*gal"i*ty, n.; pl. Illegalities. [Cf. F. ill['e]galit['e].] The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

see illegal

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. Unlawfulness, illicitness.

Moby Thesaurus

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