illegality

English

Etymology

From French illégalité

Noun

illegality (countable and uncountable, plural illegalities)

(law) The state of being illegal.
The criminal was aware of the illegality of his act.
(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)
Czech: ilegalita f
French: illégalité (fr) f

Irish: neamhdhleathacht f, aindleathacht f, mídhlisteanacht f, neamhdhlíthiúlacht f
Japanese: 違法 (ja) (いほう, ihō), 違法性 (いほうせい, ihōsei)
Mongolian: хууль бус байдал (huulʹ bus bajdal)

See also

illegality on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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