Roget's Thesaurus

#963. Legality

Nouns

legality; legitimacy, legitimateness. legislature; law, code, corpus juris [Lat.], constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule; canon etc. (precept) 697; ordinance, institution, regulation; bylaw, byelaw; decree etc. (order) 741; ordonnance; standing order; plebiscite etc. (choice) 609. legal process; form, formula, formality; rite, arm of the law; habeas corpus; fieri facias [Lat.]. [Science of law] jurisprudence, nomology; legislation, codification. equity, common law; lex [Lat.], lex nonscripta [Lat.]; law of nations, droit des gens [Fr.], international law, jus gentium [Lat.]; jus civile [Lat.]; civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law; lex mercatoria [Lat.]. constitutionalism, constitutionality; justice etc. 922. [institution for deciding questions of law] court, tribunal etc. 966. [person who presides at a court or tribunal] judge etc. 967. [specialist in questions of law] lawyer, attorney, legal counsel etc. 968.

Verbs

legalize; enact, ordain; decree etc. (order) 741; pass a law, enact a regulation; legislate; codify, formulate; regulate.

Adjectives

legal, legitimate; according to law; vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized; lawful etc. (permitted) 760; statutable, statutory; legislatorial, legislative; regulatory, regulated.

Adverbs

legally etc. adj.; in the eye of the law; de jure [Lat.].

Phrases

ignorantia legis neminem excusat [Lat.], ignorance of the law is no excuse; where law ends tyranny begins [Earl of Chatham].