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nonjuristic

nonjuristic

9.9
The law does not accept it or allow it as evidence in court
  • adjective
  • /nɒnˈdʒʊərɪstɪk/
  • Specialized
translation icon : no jurídico
  • Many nonjuristic principles, such as morality and social justice, often guide communities in the absence of legal mandates.

Examples

  • They also echoed the call of their nonjuristic contemporaries to let life and experience, or better "life experience," triumph over insights gleaned from more formal means of legal education.

    Academic text (2016)

  • Why is it that the free lawyers, unlike the legal realists, never managed to capture the imagination of their juristic—or for that matter—nonjuristic contemporaries? #

    Academic text (2016)

  • The nonjuristic ideas presented in the discussion highlighted the importance of ethics beyond legal frameworks.

  • In his lecture, he emphasized that nonjuristic solutions can sometimes address societal issues more effectively than legal interventions.

Synonyms

nonlegal
vsnonjuristic
  • Specialized
7.4

Not controlled or decided by law

is broader, covering matters outside legal authority or not related to law
nonstatutory
vsnonjuristic
  • Formal
7.5

Not required by law

is broader, applying beyond statutes to matters outside legal authority
supralegal
vsnonjuristic
  • Formal
9.9

The law does not control or limit it

is about lacking legal recognition or relation rather than having independent authority
non-official
vsnonjuristic
4.4

Not having formal status or approval

is about lacking legal recognition or being outside law's authority

Antonyms

legal
∞ 2.5

Relating to the law, lawyers, or what the law allows

juristic
  • Formal
9.8

About law and people's rights and duties

How Juristic

juristic
  • Formal
9.8
legal
∞ 2.5
nonjuristic
  • Specialized
9.9
informal
98 3.1

Surface Forms

nonjuristic positive

Morphology

nonjuristic = juristic (transparent) = non + jurist + ic

Formed by adding the productive negative prefix 'non-' to the adjective 'juristic', yielding the straightforward meaning 'not relating to law'.

Etymology

Nonjuristic comes from non- meaning 'not' and juris meaning 'law', the same root you see in common words like justice and jury. So nonjuristic means something that is 'not legal' or outside the authority of the law.