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Meaning of principle of legality | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

The principle that the courts should not interpret any statute as curtailing or abrogating a common law right, freedom, or principle, unless the legislative body that made that statute clearly communicated the intention to impose such a restriction.

Equivalents

Español principio de legalidad
Suomi legaliteettiperiaate

CEFR level

C1
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See also

principle of locality principle of parsimony principle of Pseudo-Scotus principle of relativity principle of substitutivity principle of sufficient reason

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