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单词 illegality
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illegalityn.

Brit. /ˌɪlᵻˈɡalᵻti/, U.S. /ˌɪ(l)ləˈɡælədi/
Etymology: < French illégalité (14th cent.): see illegal adj. and -ity suffix.
1.
a. The quality or condition of being illegal.
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [noun]
unleefulnessa1382
unlawfulness1560
illegalness1626
illegality1639
1639 T. Fuller Hist. Holy Warre ii. xx. 70 The illegality of his election was rectified.
1691 T. Hale Acct. New Inventions p. lxxii The illegality of granting Forfeitures before Conviction is now out of fashion.
1702 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion I. ii. 108 Mr Hambden the most Popular man in the House (the same who had defended the Suit against the King in his own Name, upon the Illegality of Ship-money).
1812 Burke's Speech Middlesex Election, 1771 in Wks. V. 372 How long the people are bound to tolerate the illegality of our judgments.
1840 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece VII. lvi. 136 The charge of illegality was well grounded.
b. An instance of this, an illegal act or practice.
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1898 Daily News 22 June 7/1 Bishops must..deal with ritualistic illegalities within their diocese.
2. = illegitimacy n. Obsolete. rare.
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1749 H. Fielding Tom Jones I. i. iii. 16 She took the Child under her Arms, without any apparent Disgust at the Illegality of its Birth. View more context for this quotation
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