legality

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I don't know the exact language about "raising" taxes in Prop 13, but if it uses the words raising rather than any increase in any tax, the legality is there.

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  1. noun The state or quality of being legal; lawfulness.
  2. noun Adherence to or observance of the law.
  3. noun A requirement enjoined by law. Often used in the plural.

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  • [178] Even he was the cause, as we shall see just now, of the execution of the leaders of the conspirators whom Catiline left behind him in the city—an execution of which the legality is at any rate very doubtful. —  Life of Cicero
  • I don't know the exact language about "raising" taxes in Prop 13, but if it uses the words raising rather than any increase in any tax, the legality is there. —  AroundTheCapitol.com
  • You acknowledge and agree that we shall not be held responsible for the legality, accuracy, or appropriateness of any content, advertising, products, services, or information located on or through any other websites, nor for any loss or damages caused or alleged to have been caused by the use of or reliance on any such content. —  ETFs News and Commentary from Seeking Alpha
  • They should also be made aware of the duty of legality which is obligatory for everyone. [emphasis mine] As as Father, I feel a profound duty to call everyone's attention to the problem and to ask for the generous collaboration of individuals and institutions in order to face it and find ways to solve it. —  Wheat & Weeds
  • At the public forum Thursday, expects talked about statistics and myths about immigrations, legality, and heard personal stories. —  WDEF News 12 -
 

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  1. from French légalité = Spanish legalidad = Portuguese legalidade = Italian legalità, from Middle Latin legalita (t-) s, lawfulness, from Latin legalis, legal: see legal, Cf. lealty and loyalty, doublets of legality.
 

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