"illegality" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: illegalities [plural]
Etymology: From French illégalité, equivalent to il- + legality or illegal + -ity. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|illégalité}} French illégalité, {{pre|en|il|legality}} il- + legality, {{suf|en|illegal|ity}} illegal + -ity Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} illegality (countable and uncountable, plural illegalities)
  1. (law) the state of being illegal Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Law Translations ((law) the state of being illegal): незаконност (nezakonnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), il·legalitat [feminine] (Catalan), ilegalita [feminine] (Czech), illégalité [feminine] (French), ilegalidade [feminine] (Galician), neamhdhleathacht [feminine] (Irish), aindleathacht [feminine] (Irish), mídhlisteanacht [feminine] (Irish), neamhdhlíthiúlacht [feminine] (Irish), illegalità [feminine] (Italian), 違法 (ihō) (alt: いほう) (Japanese), 違法性 (ihōsei) (alt: いほうせい) (Japanese), хууль бус байдал (xuulʹ bus bajdal) (Mongolian), nielegalność [feminine] (Polish), bezprawność [feminine] (Polish), ilegalidade [feminine] (Portuguese), ilegalidad [feminine] (Spanish), uharamu (Swahili)
    Sense id: en-illegality-en-noun-qVwTpM-x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with il-, English terms suffixed with -ity, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Mongolian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swahili translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 89 11 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with il-: 53 47 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ity: 81 19 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 94 6 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 91 9 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 95 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 89 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Mongolian translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 91 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 93 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Swahili translations: 90 10 Topics: law Disambiguation of '(law) the state of being illegal': 97 3
  2. (law, uncountable) a defense to the validity of a contract because it was in violation of the law Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-illegality-en-noun-0Y-Cv9h4 Categories (other): English terms prefixed with il- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with il-: 53 47 Topics: law

Inflected forms

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