nonlegal
- adjective
- /ˌnɒnˈliːɡəl/
- Specialized
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no legal
- Many community practices are nonlegal, yet they play a crucial role in maintaining social order.
- nonlegal sanctions
Examples
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Because it is easy to enter other markets, the primary nonlegal sanction of exclusion loses its bite.
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In a world with many highly competitive markets across which participants move easily and with relative anonymity, nonlegal sanctions are weak and ineffective.
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Sometimes what needs to be done is distinctly nonlegal, but it may take a lawyer to spot it.
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In some areas of the law especially, lawyers neglect their nonlegal intelligence at their own risk.
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But nonlegal factors also exist that deemphasize quality over quantity.
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The problem is that if an actor has too much market power, then nonlegal sanctions against that actor may lose their credibility and effectiveness.
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That such nonlegal sanctions exist and are applied does not show that they effectively deter all cheating.
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It is very difficult for nonlegal sanctions to develop into a significant force against opportunism in such markets.
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Ideally, a range of primary and secondary prevention interventions, legal and nonlegal, would be applied in an evidence-informed and coordinated way.
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During the recession, the number of associates and nonlegal staff employed in New York City law firms shrank 10 percent, to 69,000, according to the New York State Department of Labor.
Academic text (2009)
Synonyms
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Not regulated or approved by law
Not made into law and so not legally enforced
Not required by law
The law does not accept it or allow it as evidence in court
Antonyms
How Legal
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Nonlegal is formed from non- meaning 'not' and legal meaning 'related to law'. So it describes actions or advice that are not regulated by law or not handled in court.