legalityn.

Brit.

/liːˈɡalᵻti/,

/lᵻˈɡalᵻti/, U.S.

/ləˈɡælədi/

Forms: late Middle English legalite, late Middle English (1500s Scottish) legalyte, 1500s–1600s legalitie, 1600s legallitie, 1600s legallity, 1600s– legality.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin legalitas.

Etymology: < post-classical Latin legalitas lawful behaviour, state of being legal (12th cent. in British sources), loyalty (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin lēgālis legal adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French legalité , French légalité legally conceded advantage (1450), loyalty (end of the 16th cent.), lawfulness (1606); also Catalan legalitat (1486), Spanish legalidad (late 15th cent.), Italian legalità (early 14th cent.; rare before 16th cent.). Compare earlier legal adj.

a. Attachment to or observance of law or rule.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > [noun] > respect for or observance of law

lawfulnessa1250

legalityc1475

law-abidingness1880

society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > obedience to rule(s)

legalityc1475

c1475 ( in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 522 (MED) Howe be hit that many deludede persons by thais [read thair] subtyle and colorable falsnes have yevyn assistence to thaim..therby nevertheless es many more withoute comparyson that abyden in thaire legalyte and faythfulnesse.

a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum l. 1126 in Poems (1899) 94 A[nd] for trouthe a[nd] noble legalite [L. et propter veritatem et legalitatem].

1656 T. Blount Glossographia Legality, the keeping the Law.

1681 G. Whitehead Accuser of our Brethren cast Down xlvii. 166 Where was his Justice? his Conscientiousness and his Legality?

1763 J. Wilkes North Briton No. 36. His principles of justice and legality, with his wonderful gravity, might perhaps, have made him president of some high commission court in Wales.

1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iii. 65 Much contest between two schools, one affecting originality, and the other legality.

1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty ii. 89 It made an idol of asceticism, which has been gradually compromised away into one of legality.

1919 Proc. N.Y. State Bar Assoc. 1918 584 In the name of some kind of legality or legalism the great power of the nation might be stricken with sterility.

1984 Social Text No. 9–10. 158 They investigated, determined, and publicized specific cases in which bourgeois legality was unjustly twisted to the detriment of the deprived.

b. Theology. = legalism n. 1. Also personified.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > worship > good works > [noun] > reliance on good works for salvation

legalness1645

legality1646

1646 T. Collier Exaltation of Christ ii. 109 We must have infants baptized, the ground ariseth from the Law... O grosse legality!

1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 28 He to whom thou wast sent for ease being by name Legality .

1771 J. W. Fletcher Second Check Antinom. iii. 51 I have heard them cry out against ‘the Legality of their wicked hearts’.

1860 G. E. Winslow Our Covenant God vi. 67 There is in the minds of all men a strong tendency to legality; which is to be seen in the efforts which they make to satisfy conscience, and please God by their outward virtues.

1965 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 84 (end matter) This major study of Pauline Christianity illuminates the sources of the missionary Apostle's writings and his basic concepts of legality and liberty.

1998 Jrnl. Relig. 78 344 Legality is a tempter, too, with his cramped and cribbed notion of law at the expense of matters of the spirit.

c. The spirit or way of thinking characteristic of the legal profession; a habit or mannerism indicative of this; spec. (in plural) legal language, legalese.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > spirit, behaviour, or influence of

legality1880

lawyerism1915

1880 W. Cory Guide Mod. Eng. Hist. i. 225 Legality delights in the ingenious contrivance of delays.

1893 D. C. Murray Time's Revenges III. xlvii. 268 Their militarisms and legalities made the more..sentimental-minded folk altogether ill at ease.

1932 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 17 Nov. 1/7 Stripped of its legalities, Capone's petition asserts he never should have been tried in the Chicago federal court.

1978 M. H. Smith Writs Assistance Case xv. 319 The dry legalities of his actual argument had to be prettied up for the lay readership.

2. The quality or state of being legal or in conformity with the law; lawfulness. Also (in early use): legitimacy.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > rule of law > [noun] > legality or conformity with the law

leefulnessc1449

legality1502

lawfulness1530

legitimateness1618

legitimacy1625

legalness1631

licitness1788

legitimity1815

1502 in J. A. Clyde Acta Dominorum Concilii (1943) 188 The sade Schir Thomas knew nocht the legalyte of the said Robert Cressy, assert notar,..and denyit that he was ane notar.

1534 Acte for Establishment of Kynges Succession (Act 25 Henry VIII c. 22) §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 471 The right legalitie of the succession.

1637 C. Dow Answer to H. Burton Pref. The legality of the bishops exercising their jurisdictions.

1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xiii. 183 In these, as in all doubtfull recreations, be well assured first of the legality of them.

a1677 I. Barrow Treat. Pope's Supremacy (1680) 340 By signifying their approbation..concerning..the legality of their Ordination.

1752 H. Fielding Amelia II. vi. vii. 240 I shall not enter into the Question concerning the Legality of Bigamy. Our Laws certainly allow it.

1792 Sir W. H. Ashurst in C. Durnford & E. H. East Term Rep. Court King's Bench (1799) IV. 595 The expences of litigating the legality of the fine.

1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. 339 The legality of their conduct had been virtually recognised by the Eleans.

1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. 54 It was the master-piece of William's policy of outward legality.

1929 Manch. Guardian 18 Dec. 11/5 The action to contest the legality of the Council's resolution will..come on for preliminary hearing in the Chancery Division of the High Court.

1971 Canad. Yearbk. Internat. Law 9 47 It is not inconsistent to question the legality of the use of force against colonialism.

2006 D. G. Schwartz Roll Bones xviii. 435 The Supreme Court soon swept away all doubts of the legality of tribal-run gaming operations.

3. Chiefly in plural. A duty or obligation imposed by law; a legal requirement or regulation.

ΘΚΠ

society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > that which one is legally bound to do

obligationa1616

legality1641

1641 P. Harlowe Detection or Discov. of Notable Fraud i. 5 Your Church of Rome, Where all Regularities, Formalities, Canons, and Legalities have suffered most shamefull violation.

1648 M. Samuel Blessed Jew iii. 66 We may be devout in observing all our Legalities, and yet the Lord will not accept any of our Works.

1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 316 Any other Tenure or Tenures, with their respective Legalities.

1813 Caledonian Mercury 9 Sept. The Lord Mayor..proceeded..to loosen those legalities which kept confined the exertions of the assembled ministers of fun and merriment.

1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 243 Mines not so conducted are established under the provision of the joint-stock act, and shareholders in them become liable to its legalities.

1859 Harper's New Monthly Mag. July 195/1 Works were a legality for six days in the week, and a strict, stony necessity on the seventh.

1927 Times 16 Dec. 8/2 Legalities.., of all sorts of magnitudes, were mixed up, and nobody knew what the law was.

1969 Economist 11 Jan. 31/3 Being traders they have little time for legalities.

1999 C. Grimshaw Provocation v. 80 All they [sc. lawyers] care about is the legalities, they don't have a sense of social responsibility.

2010 Irish Times 26 Oct. (Healthplus section) 10/1 The legalities are complex and the emotions intense.

†4. slang. (The name of) a gambling game. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > other games of chance > [noun]

even or odd1538

love1585

Jack-in-the-box?1593

under-hat1629

pluck-penny1643

morra1659

catch-dolt1674

shuffle-cap1712

fair chance1723

E O1751

teetotum1753

rondo1821

cut-throat1823

hop-my-fool1824

odds and evens1841

spin-'em-round1851

halfpenny under the hat1853

racehorses1853

fan-tan1878

tan1883

pakapoo1886

legality1888

petits chevaux1891

pai gow1906

boule1911

put and take1921

1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 May 2/2 Betting on the tape is quite a tame affair in comparison to ‘legality’..At the ‘legality’ table I saw a person, whom I [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	legality
释义	legalityn. Brit. /liːˈɡalᵻti/, /lᵻˈɡalᵻti/, U.S. /ləˈɡælədi/ Forms: late Middle English legalite, late Middle English (1500s Scottish) legalyte, 1500s–1600s legalitie, 1600s legallitie, 1600s legallity, 1600s– legality. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin legalitas. Etymology: < post-classical Latin legalitas lawful behaviour, state of being legal (12th cent. in British sources), loyalty (from 12th cent. in British and continental sources) < classical Latin lēgālis legal adj. + -tās (see -ty suffix¹; compare -ity suffix). Compare Middle French legalité , French légalité legally conceded advantage (1450), loyalty (end of the 16th cent.), lawfulness (1606); also Catalan legalitat (1486), Spanish legalidad (late 15th cent.), Italian legalità (early 14th cent.; rare before 16th cent.). Compare earlier legal adj. 1. a. Attachment to or observance of law or rule. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [noun] > respect for or observance of law lawfulnessa1250 legalityc1475 law-abidingness1880 society > authority > subjection > obedience > [noun] > obedience to rule(s) legalityc1475 c1475 ( in Eng. Hist. Rev. (1911) 26 522 (MED) Howe be hit that many deludede persons by thais [read thair] subtyle and colorable falsnes have yevyn assistence to thaim..therby nevertheless es many more withoute comparyson that abyden in thaire legalyte and faythfulnesse. a1500 (a1475) G. Ashby Dicta Philosophorum l. 1126 in Poems (1899) 94 A[nd] for trouthe a[nd] noble legalite [L. et propter veritatem et legalitatem]. 1656 T. Blount Glossographia Legality, the keeping the Law. 1681 G. Whitehead Accuser of our Brethren cast Down xlvii. 166 Where was his Justice? his Conscientiousness and his Legality? 1763 J. Wilkes North Briton No. 36. His principles of justice and legality, with his wonderful gravity, might perhaps, have made him president of some high commission court in Wales. 1849 J. Ruskin Seven Lamps Archit. iii. 65 Much contest between two schools, one affecting originality, and the other legality. 1859 J. S. Mill On Liberty ii. 89 It made an idol of asceticism, which has been gradually compromised away into one of legality. 1919 Proc. N.Y. State Bar Assoc. 1918 584 In the name of some kind of legality or legalism the great power of the nation might be stricken with sterility. 1984 Social Text No. 9–10. 158 They investigated, determined, and publicized specific cases in which bourgeois legality was unjustly twisted to the detriment of the deprived. b. Theology. = legalism n. 1. Also personified. ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > good works > [noun] > reliance on good works for salvation legalness1645 legality1646 1646 T. Collier Exaltation of Christ ii. 109 We must have infants baptized, the ground ariseth from the Law... O grosse legality! 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 28 He to whom thou wast sent for ease being by name Legality . View more context for this quotation 1771 J. W. Fletcher Second Check Antinom. iii. 51 I have heard them cry out against ‘the Legality of their wicked hearts’. 1860 G. E. Winslow Our Covenant God vi. 67 There is in the minds of all men a strong tendency to legality; which is to be seen in the efforts which they make to satisfy conscience, and please God by their outward virtues. 1965 Jrnl. Biblical Lit. 84 (end matter) This major study of Pauline Christianity illuminates the sources of the missionary Apostle's writings and his basic concepts of legality and liberty. 1998 Jrnl. Relig. 78 344 Legality is a tempter, too, with his cramped and cribbed notion of law at the expense of matters of the spirit. c. The spirit or way of thinking characteristic of the legal profession; a habit or mannerism indicative of this; spec. (in plural) legal language, legalese. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > spirit, behaviour, or influence of legality1880 lawyerism1915 1880 W. Cory Guide Mod. Eng. Hist. i. 225 Legality delights in the ingenious contrivance of delays. 1893 D. C. Murray Time's Revenges III. xlvii. 268 Their militarisms and legalities made the more..sentimental-minded folk altogether ill at ease. 1932 Charleston (W. Va.) Gaz. 17 Nov. 1/7 Stripped of its legalities, Capone's petition asserts he never should have been tried in the Chicago federal court. 1978 M. H. Smith Writs Assistance Case xv. 319 The dry legalities of his actual argument had to be prettied up for the lay readership. 2. The quality or state of being legal or in conformity with the law; lawfulness. Also (in early use): legitimacy. ΘΚΠ society > law > rule of law > [noun] > legality or conformity with the law leefulnessc1449 legality1502 lawfulness1530 legitimateness1618 legitimacy1625 legalness1631 licitness1788 legitimity1815 1502 in J. A. Clyde Acta Dominorum Concilii (1943) 188 The sade Schir Thomas knew nocht the legalyte of the said Robert Cressy, assert notar,..and denyit that he was ane notar. 1534 Acte for Establishment of Kynges Succession (Act 25 Henry VIII c. 22) §1 in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 471 The right legalitie of the succession. 1637 C. Dow Answer to H. Burton Pref. The legality of the bishops exercising their jurisdictions. 1642 T. Fuller Holy State iii. xiii. 183 In these, as in all doubtfull recreations, be well assured first of the legality of them. a1677 I. Barrow Treat. Pope's Supremacy (1680) 340 By signifying their approbation..concerning..the legality of their Ordination. 1752 H. Fielding Amelia II. vi. vii. 240 I shall not enter into the Question concerning the Legality of Bigamy. Our Laws certainly allow it. 1792 Sir W. H. Ashurst in C. Durnford & E. H. East Term Rep. Court King's Bench (1799) IV. 595 The expences of litigating the legality of the fine. 1838 C. Thirlwall Hist. Greece (new ed.) III. 339 The legality of their conduct had been virtually recognised by the Eleans. 1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xvii. 54 It was the master-piece of William's policy of outward legality. 1929 Manch. Guardian 18 Dec. 11/5 The action to contest the legality of the Council's resolution will..come on for preliminary hearing in the Chancery Division of the High Court. 1971 Canad. Yearbk. Internat. Law 9 47 It is not inconsistent to question the legality of the use of force against colonialism. 2006 D. G. Schwartz Roll Bones xviii. 435 The Supreme Court soon swept away all doubts of the legality of tribal-run gaming operations. 3. Chiefly in plural. A duty or obligation imposed by law; a legal requirement or regulation. ΘΚΠ society > law > legal obligation > [noun] > that which one is legally bound to do obligationa1616 legality1641 1641 P. Harlowe Detection or Discov. of Notable Fraud i. 5 Your Church of Rome, Where all Regularities, Formalities, Canons, and Legalities have suffered most shamefull violation. 1648 M. Samuel Blessed Jew iii. 66 We may be devout in observing all our Legalities, and yet the Lord will not accept any of our Works. 1715 M. Davies Εἰκων Μικρο-βιβλικὴ 316 Any other Tenure or Tenures, with their respective Legalities. 1813 Caledonian Mercury 9 Sept. The Lord Mayor..proceeded..to loosen those legalities which kept confined the exertions of the assembled ministers of fun and merriment. 1855 J. R. Leifchild Cornwall: Mines & Miners 243 Mines not so conducted are established under the provision of the joint-stock act, and shareholders in them become liable to its legalities. 1859 Harper's New Monthly Mag. July 195/1 Works were a legality for six days in the week, and a strict, stony necessity on the seventh. 1927 Times 16 Dec. 8/2 Legalities.., of all sorts of magnitudes, were mixed up, and nobody knew what the law was. 1969 Economist 11 Jan. 31/3 Being traders they have little time for legalities. 1999 C. Grimshaw Provocation v. 80 All they [sc. lawyers] care about is the legalities, they don't have a sense of social responsibility. 2010 Irish Times 26 Oct. (Healthplus section) 10/1 The legalities are complex and the emotions intense. †4. slang. (The name of) a gambling game. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > pastimes > game > games of chance > other games of chance > [noun] even or odd1538 love1585 Jack-in-the-box?1593 under-hat1629 pluck-penny1643 morra1659 catch-dolt1674 shuffle-cap1712 fair chance1723 E O1751 teetotum1753 rondo1821 cut-throat1823 hop-my-fool1824 odds and evens1841 spin-'em-round1851 halfpenny under the hat1853 racehorses1853 fan-tan1878 tan1883 pakapoo1886 legality1888 petits chevaux1891 pai gow1906 boule1911 put and take1921 1888 Pall Mall Gaz. 30 May 2/2 Betting on the tape is quite a tame affair in comparison to ‘legality’..At the ‘legality’ table I saw a person, whom I [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1475
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