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illegality|ɪliːˈgælɪtɪ|
[ad. F. illégalité (14th c.): see prec. and -ity.]
1. The quality or condition of being illegal.
1639Fuller Holy War ii. xx. (1647) 70 The illegality of his election was rectified. 1647Clarendon Hist. Reb. ii. §72 Mr. Hambden the most Popular man in the House, and the same who had defended the Suit against the King in his own Name, upon the Illegality of Ship-money. 1691T. H[ale] Acc. New Invent. p. lxxii, The illegality of granting Forfeitures before Conviction is now out of fashion. 1771Burke Sp. on Middlesex Elect. Wks. 1877 VI. 131 How long the people are bound to tolerate the illegality of our judgments. 1840Thirlwall Greece VII. lvi. 136 The charge of illegality was well grounded.
b. An instance of this, an illegal act or practice.
1898Daily News 22 June 7/1 Bishops must..deal with ritualistic illegalities within their diocese.
†2. = illegitimacy. Obs. rare.
1749Fielding Tom Jones i. iii, She took the child in her arms, without any apparent disgust at the illegality of its birth. |