legality

legality.

1. Strict adherence to law, prescription, or doctrine; the quality of being legal.

2. The principle that a person may not be prosecuted under a criminal law that has not been previously published. — Also termed (in sense 2) principle of legality.

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词条贡献者

译者蒋毅，毕业于亚洲顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与破产与资产重组相关的法律文件。