: the state of being acceptable according to the law
The validity of the contract is being questioned.
What the federal courts have ruled … is that renunciations made behind barbed wire were essentially under duress, and thus of no legal validity. Roger Daniels
b
: the quality of being well-grounded, sound, or correct
the validity of an argument/theory
Other researchers have questioned the validity of the test results.
Later he acknowledged that there was no validity to his report. David Hiltbrand
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the WebAnti-war protesters had been active for a while, but now mainstream Americans began to question the validity of U.S. military involvement.San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Mar. 2022 On the calls, Tubbs laughs off her sentence and uses derogatory terms for transgender people, which led Gascón to question the validity of her gender identity. James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2022 The paperwork then seems to question the validity of the former couple’s prenuptial agreement. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 26 Feb. 2022 But prominent doctors, in a flurry of recent opinion essays and news appearances, have begun to question the validity of requiring students to wear masks as virus cases rapidly decline across the country.New York Times, 7 Feb. 2022 Trussell also has used her social media platform to liken Planned Parenthood to the Ku Klux Klan and question the validity of health care professionals calling for vaccinations to deal with the pandemic. Rick Pearson, chicagotribune.com, 13 Dec. 2021 By subpoenaing Clark, the House committee is zeroing in on how uncovering efforts to challenge, overturn and question the validity of the 2020 presidential election. Ryan Nobles, CNN, 13 Oct. 2021 Pitched partisan battles over the maps are expected, but some have already seized upon allegations independent commissioners Anthony Eid and Szetela are actually Democrats to question the validity of the process. Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2021 Again, there are plenty of reasons to question the validity of the information in the list above. Chris Smith, BGR, 30 Aug. 2022 See More