noun
definition
The process of making something legal, the process to legalize, decriminalization.
example
The hippies marched for the legalization of marijuana.
Examples of legalization in a Sentence
The aim, not expressed, was the legalization of slavery.
It may be summed up in his own words when replying to a deputation of Uitlanders, who desired to obtain the legalization of the use of the English language in the Transvaal.
She rejected out of hand the government 's proposals around prostitution, and called for outright legalization and for toleration zones.
The legalization of same-sex marriage and non-gender-specific civil unions is one of the major goals of gay rights activism.
Seventeen legislative proclamations were enacted in the first year dealing with the immediate necessities of the position, and providing for the establishment of a supreme and provincial court of justice, for the legalization of native courts of justice, and dealing with questions of slavery, importation of liquor and firearms, land titles, &c. In the autumn of 1901 the emir of Yola, the extreme eastern corner of the territories bordering upon the Benue, was, in consequence of the aggressions upon a trading station established by the Niger Company, dealt with in the same manner as the emirs of Nupe and Kontagora, and a new emir was appointed under British rule.
The abolition of the papal jurisdiction removed all obstacles to the divorce from Catherine and to the legalization of Henry's marriage with Anne Boleyn (1533).
Irish music radio changed forever with the legalization of commercial radio in 1989.