Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Legality

Nouns
  • legality
  • legitimacy, legitimateness. legislature
  • law, code, constitution, pandect, charter, enactment, statute, rule
  • canon etc. (precept) Precept
  • ordinance, institution, regulation
  • bylaw, byelaw
  • decree etc. (order) Command
  • ordonnance
  • standing order
  • plebiscite etc. (choice) Choice. legal process
  • form, formula, formality
  • rite, arm of the law
  • habeas corpus
  • nomology
  • legislation, codification. equity, common law
  • law of nations, international law
  • civil law, canon law, crown law, criminal law, statute law, ecclesiastical law, administrative law
  • constitutionality
  • justice etc. Right. [institution for deciding questions of law] court, tribunal etc. Tribunal. [person who presides at a court or tribunal] judge etc. Judge. [specialist in questions of law] lawyer, attorney, legal counsel etc. Lawyer.
Verbs
  • legalize
  • enact, ordain
  • decree etc. (order) Command
  • pass a law, enact a regulation
  • legislate
  • codify, formulate
  • regulate.
Adjectives
  • legal, legitimate
  • according to law
  • vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized
  • lawful etc. (permitted) Permission
  • statutable, statutory
  • legislatorial, legislative
  • regulatory, regulated.
Adverbs
  • legally etc. adj.
  • in the eye of the law
Phrases
  • ignorance of the law is no excuse
  • where law ends tyranny begins" [Earl of Chatham].