lawfulness (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *lawfulness*:
NOUN	attribute	lawfulness	the quality of conforming to law

English > *lawfulness*: 1 sense > noun 1, attribute
Meaning	The quality of conforming to law.
Attributes	lawful	conformable to or allowed by law
Attributes	unlawful	contrary to or prohibited by or defiant of law
Narrower	legality	lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute
	legitimacy	lawfulness by virtue of being authorized or in accordance with law
	licitness	The quality of strictly conforming to law
Broader	quality	An essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone
Opposite	unlawfulness	The quality of failing to conform to law
Spanish	legalidad
Catalan	legalitat
Adjectives	lawful	conformable to or allowed by law
	lawful	authorized, sanctioned by, or in accordance with law
	lawful	having a legally established claim

HyperDic: lawfulness