the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.
n. A conformity to, and resting upon, the letter of the law.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. The state or character of being legal; lawfulness; conformity to law.
n. In theology, a reliance on works for salvation; insistence on the mere letter of the law without regard to its spirit: personified in the quotation.
n. A gambling game.
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n. lawfulness by virtue of conformity to a legal statute
Word Usage
"But other disk copying programs still exist on the Web, though their legality is at best dubious."