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Validness

The quality or state of being valid.

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Effect 76% connected

Execution; performance; realization; operation; as, the law goes into effect in May.

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Force 76% connected

To stuff; to lard; to farce.

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Legality 76% connected

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

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Valid 74% connected

Strong; powerful; efficient.

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Valid 74% connected

Strong; powerful; efficient.

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Validity 92% 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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Discretion noun · 86% connection

the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

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Free will noun · 86% connection

the power of making free choices unconstrained by external agencies

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Illegality noun · 86% connection

unlawfulness by virtue of violating some legal statute

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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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Admitted adjective · 78% connection

Received as true or valid; acknowledged.

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Available adjective · 78% connection

Having sufficient power, force, or efficacy, for the object; effectual; valid; as, an available plea.

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Back verb · 78% connection

establish as valid or genuine; "Can you back up your claims?"

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Bon adjective · 78% connection

Good; valid as security for something.

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Cogency noun · 78% connection

the quality of being valid and rigorous

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Concede verb · 78% connection

To admit that part of an opposing case is correct.

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Confirm verb · 78% connection

To render valid by formal assent; to complete by a necessary sanction; to ratify; as, to confirm the appoinment of an official; the Se…

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Ethicism noun · 78% connection

a doctrine that ethics and ethical ideas are valid and important; "his ethicism often led him to moralize"

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Execution noun · 78% connection

The act of signing, and delivering a legal instrument, or giving it the forms required to render it valid; as, the execution of a deed…

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Good superl. · 78% connection

Adequate; sufficient; competent; sound; not fallacious; valid; in a commercial sense, to be depended on for the discharge of obligatio…

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Inertial frame noun · 78% connection

a coordinate system in which Newton's first law of motion is valid

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