Emily Dickinson Lexicon

VA-LID'I-TY, n. [Fr. validité; from valid.]

1. Strength or force to convince; justness; soundness; as, the validity of an argument or proof; the validity of an objection.
2. 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. [Not in use.] – Shak.