illegality

English

Etymology

From French illégalité.

Noun

illegality (countable and uncountable, plural illegalities)

1. (law) the state of being illegal

   The criminal was aware of the illegality of his act.

2. (law, uncountable) a defense to the validity of a contract because it was in violation of the law

   When sued for refusing to pay for services provided by a prostitute, the customer raised the defense of illegality.

Antonyms

• legality

Translations

(law) the state of being illegal

• Bulgarian: незаконност (bg) f (nezakonnost)
• Catalan: il·legalitat f
• Czech: ilegalita f
• French: illégalité (fr) f
• Irish: neamhdhleathacht f, aindleathacht f, mídhlisteanacht f, neamhdhlíthiúlacht f
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• Japanese: 違法 (ja) (いほう, ihō), 違法性 (いほうせい, ihōsei)
• Mongolian: хууль бус байдал (xuulʹ bus bajdal)
• Polish: nielegalność (pl) f, bezprawność (pl) f
• Portuguese: ilegalidade (pt) f
• Spanish: ilegalidad (es) f

See also

• illegality on Wikipedia.Wikipedia