licitness

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

licitness
    n 1: the quality of strictly conforming to law [ant:
         {illicitness}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Licit \Lic"it\ (l[i^]s"[i^]t), a. [L. licitus permitted, lawful,
   from licere: cf. F. licite. See {License}.]
   Lawful. "Licit establishments." --Carlyle. -- {Lic"it*ly},
   adv. -- {Lic"it*ness}, n.
   [1913 Webster]