legal validity

(of a law) having legal validity n

n a powerful effect or influence n (physics) the influence that produces a change in a physical quantity n physical energy or intensity n group of people willing to obey orders n a unit that is part of some military service n an act of aggression (as one against a person who resists) n one possessing or exercising power or influence or authority n a group of people having the power of effective action n (of a law) having legal validity n a putout of a base runner who is required to run

something that is null (especially an enactment that has no legal validity)

v put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence v establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)

n a judicial certificate saying that a will is genuine and conferring on the executors the power to administer the estate n the act of proving that an instrument purporting to be a will was signed and executed in accord with legal requirements v put a convicted person on probation by suspending his sentence v establish the legal validity of (wills and other documents)