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From legal + -ness. Piecewise doublet of lealness and loyalness.
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Today it means: The state of being legal, or within the law. Full definition →
From legal + -ness. Piecewise doublet of lealness and loyalness.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.