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Also known as obedience to law

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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  • Definition
  • Principle of legality
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  • United Kingdom
  • 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 ==

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “legality” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.