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Legality

The state or quality of being legal; conformity to law.

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Validity 76% connected

The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; t…

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Validness 76% connected

The quality or state of being valid.

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Legal 74% connected

Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim…

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Legal 74% connected

Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim…

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Sound 74% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Sound 74% connected

The air bladder of a fish; as, cod sounds are an esteemed article of food.

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Illegal 66% connected

Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act;…

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Illegal 66% connected

Not according to, or authorized by, law; specif., contrary to, or in violation of, human law; unlawful; illicit; hence, immoral; as, an illegal act;…

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Legal 66% connected

Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim…

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Legal 66% connected

Created by, permitted by, in conformity with, or relating to, law; as, a legal obligation; a legal standard or test; a legal procedure; a legal claim…

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Illegality 94% connected

The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.

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Illegality 94% connected

The quality or condition of being illegal; unlawfulness; as, the illegality of trespass or of false imprisonment; also, an illegal act.

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Discretion noun · 86% connection

the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

Used in the same subject area: Law, Public law, Environmental science, Pollution, Water and aquatic environments.
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Free will noun · 86% connection

the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

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Infection noun · 86% connection

(international law) illegality that taints or contaminates a ship or cargo rendering it liable to seizure

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Jurisdiction noun · 86% connection

(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district"

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Lawlessness noun · 86% connection

illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

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Legal power noun · 86% connection

(law) the right and power to interpret and apply the law; "courts having jurisdiction in this district"

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Non-canonicity noun · 86% connection

The quality or state of not being canonical, of not conforming to a general rule or common procedure.; "This holds minor literature ho…

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Outlawry noun · 86% connection

illegality as a consequence of unlawful acts; defiance of the law

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Removability noun · 86% connection

The state of being able to be dismissed from office.; "The ‘democratic revolution’ emphasized the delegation of authority and the remo…

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Self-determination noun · 86% connection

determination of one's own fate or course of action without compulsion

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Suability noun · 86% connection

(law) liability to be sued.; "That case, and others in this court relating to the suability of States, proceeded upon the broad ground…

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Unconstitutionality noun · 86% connection

The status of being unconstitutional; of not being in accord with the provisions of the appropriate constitution.; "On April 2013 the…

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Quality noun · 85% connection

an essential and distinguishing attribute of something or someone; "the quality of mercy is not strained" - Shakespeare

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Water noun · 85% connection

a liquid necessary for the life of most animals and plants; "he asked for a drink of water"

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Wetland noun · 85% connection

a low area where the land is saturated with water

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Convention noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionalism noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Conventionality noun · 85% connection

orthodoxy as a consequence of being conventional

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Words connected by meaning

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Accordance noun · 78% connection

Agreement; harmony; conformity.

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Accuracy noun · 78% connection

The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exact conformity to truth, or to a rule o…

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Accurate adjective · 78% connection

In exact or careful conformity to truth, or to some standard of requirement, the result of care or pains; free from failure, error, or…

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Acknowledge verb · 78% connection

To own as genuine; to assent to, as a legal instrument, to give it validity; to avow or admit in legal form; as, to acknowledgea deed.

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Adhere verb · 78% connection

To hold, be attached, or devoted; to remain fixed, either by personal union or conformity of faith, principle, or opinion; as, men adh…

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Affinity noun · 78% connection

Kinship generally; close agreement; relation; conformity; resemblance; connection; as, the affinity of sounds, of colors, or of langua…

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After preposition · 78% connection

In imitation of; in conformity with; after the manner of; as, to make a thing after a model; a picture after Rubens; the boy takes aft…

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Agreeable adjective · 78% connection

In pursuance, conformity, or accordance; -- in this sense used adverbially for agreeably; as, agreeable to the order of the day, the H…

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Agreeableness noun · 78% connection

The quality of being agreeable or suitable; suitableness or conformity; consistency.

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Agreement noun · 78% connection

State of agreeing; harmony of opinion, statement, action, or character; concurrence; concord; conformity; as, a good agreement subsist…

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Alamodality noun · 78% connection

The quality of being a la mode; conformity to the mode or fashion; fashionableness.

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Analogy noun · 78% connection

Conformity of words to the genius, structure, or general rules of a language; similarity of origin, inflection, or principle of pronun…

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