Illegality

Quick meaning: Illegality is a noun meaning (law) the state of being illegal.

Meaning

(law) the state of being illegal.

More Meanings

1. (law, uncountable) a defense to the validity of a contract because it was in violation of the law

Example Sentences

The criminal was aware of the illegality of his act.

When sued for refusing to pay for services provided by a prostitute, the customer raised the defense of illegality.

In Fraenkel’s defiance of mortality and professionalism and his skill in navigating the triple state lay part of the origins of his idea of the dual state. He answered the illegality in the Nazi prerogative state with his own commitment to illegality in both the resistance and even the legal system itself.

Word Forms

• illegalities

Synonyms for illegality

Depending on context, synonyms include illegalness, unlawfulness, lawlessness, unlaw.

Antonyms for illegality

Common opposites include lawfulness, legalness.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include unlawfulness, unlawful, illicit, lawlessness, illegitimacy, wrongdoing.

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