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

译员黎川，在一家顶尖澳洲律师事务所的上海办公室担任全职法律翻译，擅长翻译涉及工业与制造业领域的法律文件。