noun. The character of being lawful or conformable to law; legality; rightfulness: as, the lawfulness of an action does not always prove its propriety or expedience.

noun. Property of being lawful, of obeying the law.

noun. the quality of conforming to law

"Violence, less and less embarrassed by the limits imposed by centuries of lawfulness, is brazenly and victoriously striding across the whole world, unconcerned that its infertility has been demonstrated and proved many times in history."

quality  

legality  legitimacy  licitness  

constitutionality  extinguishment  illegality  illegitimacy  inexpediency  

actionability  admissibility  admissibleness  allowableness  applicability