| Mawson, C.O.S., ed. (1870–1938). Roget’s International Thesaurus. 1922. |
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| Class VI. Words Relating to the Sentient and Moral Powers | | Section IV. Moral Affections | | 5. Institutions |
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| 963. Legality. |
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| NOUN: | LEGALITY, legitimacy, legitimateness; legitimatization, legitimization.
LAW, code, corpus juris [L.], constitution, pandect, charter, act, enactment, statute, rule; canon (precept) [See Precept]; ordinance, institution, regulation; by-law or bye-law; rescript, decree (order) [See Command]; ordonnance; standing order; plebiscite (choice) [See Choice]; legislature.
legal process; form, formula, formality, rite, arm of the law; habeas corpus [L.]; fieri facias [L.].
equity, common law; lex scripta [L.]; lex non scripta [L.], unwritten law; law of nations, droit des gens [F.], international law, jus gentium [L.]; jus civile [L.]; civil -, canon -, crown -, criminal -, statute -, ecclesiastical- law; lex mercatoria [L.].
constitutionalism, constitutionality; justice [See Right].
[SCIENCE OF LAW] jurisprudence, nomology; legislation, codification, nomography.
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| VERB: | LEGALIZE, legitimate, legitimize, legitimatize; enact, ordain; decree (order) [See Command]; pass a law, legislate; codify, formulate, formalize, regularize, authorize.
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| ADJECTIVE: | LEGAL, legitimate; according to law; vested, constitutional, chartered, legalized; lawful (permitted) [See Permission]; statutable, statutory; legislatorial, legislative; judicial, juridical; nomistic, nomothetical.
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| ADVERB: | LEGALLY &c. adj.; in the eye of the law; de jure [L.].
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| QUOTATIONS: | - Ignorantia legis neminem excusat.
- Where law ends tyranny begins.—Earl of Chatham
- The majesty and power of law and justice.—II Henry IV
- The Law, our kingdom’s golden chaine.—Dekker
- There is a higher law than the Constitution.—Seward
- The gladsome light of jurisprudence.—Coke
- We must not make a scarecrow of the law.—Measure for Measure
- The lawless science of our law.—Tennyson
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