Va-lid'i-ty, n.

n. [Fr. validité, It. validità, Lat. validitas.]

1. The state or quality of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; the validity of an objection.
2. (Law.) Legal strength or force; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a grant; the validity of a claim or of a title; certain forms and solemnities are usually requisite to give validity to contracts and conveyances of rights.
3. Value. [Obs.] Shak.