Validity

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun Value.

II. Validity ·noun Legal strength, force, or authority; that quality of a thing which renders it supportable in law, or equity; as, the validity of a will; the validity of a contract, claim, or title.

III. Validity ·noun The quality or state of being valid; strength; force; especially, power to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; the validity of an Objection.