noun. Strength or power in general.

noun. The state or character of being valid.

noun. Legal efficacy or force; sufficiency in point of law.

noun. Scientific strength or force: as, the validity of a genus.

noun. Value.

noun. The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness.

noun. Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity.

noun. Value.

noun. The state of being valid, authentic or genuine.

noun. Having legal force.

noun. A quality of a measurement indicating the degree to which the measure reflects the underlying construct, that is, whether it measures what it purports to measure (see reliability).

noun. the quality of being valid and rigorous

noun. the quality of having legal force or effectiveness

noun. the property of being strong and healthy in constitution

"I am familiar with Garcia v San Antonio (which, save for Bush v Gore, may be the least reasoned opinion of the Court I have ever read) but its validity is dubious and its relevance seems weak to the instant bill."