Definition of Licitness

1. Noun. The quality of strictly conforming to law.

Generic synonyms: Lawfulness
Antonyms: Illicitness
Derivative terms: Licit

Definition of Licitness

1. Noun. The property of being licit, legalness, appropriateness. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Licitness

1. [n -ES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Licitness

lichting
lichtlied
lichtlies
lichtly
lichts
lichwake
lichwakes
lichwale
lichwales
lichway
lichways
lichwort
licit
licitation
licitly
licitness (current term)
licitnesses
lick-spigot
lick-spigots
lick clean
lick one's chops
lick one's wounds
lick up
lickable
lickably
licked
licked clean

Literary usage of Licitness

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Liverpool and Slavery: An Historical Account of the Liverpool-African Slave by Genuine "Dicky Sam.". (1884)
"... 1788, under the following title :—' Scriptural Researches on the licitness of the Slave Trade, showing its conformity with the principles of Natural and ..."

2. The Sacred Penitentiaria and Its Relations to Faculities of Ordinaries and by William John Kubelbeck (1918)
"In the first paragraph of canon 44, where the two Ordinaries are concerned, there is merely a question of licitness. If the second Ordinary should grant the ..."

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