nonlegal
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of nonlegal
Example Sentences
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“Instead,” Toomey said, “he’ll be remembered throughout history as the president who resorted to nonlegal steps to try to hold on to power.”
From Seattle Times
In their 10-page memo to Sherwin, 32 Black federal prosecutors outlined changes they said would help ensure that prosecutors make the fairest decisions, void of nonlegal influences and biases.
From Washington Post
Unlike a court of law, prior impeachment trials serve as precedent only in the nonlegal, nonbinding sense.
From Salon
Nor are there any requirements that a company must inform consumers of its practices in clear, nonlegal language or provide consumers a notice in a user-friendly way.
From Salon
“The crime is the conspiracy, the agreement. Collusion is a nonlegal term,” he said, adding that giving polling data to the Russians “would probably fit into that kind of a category.”
From Salon
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