Color (law)
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color-law-169-18234167
title:
Color (law)
text:
In the United States Code, the term color of law describes and defines an official action that has either a “mere semblance of legal right”, or the “pretense of right”, or the “appearance of right”, which adjusts and colors the law to the circumstance, whilst the apparently legal action is itself illegal. In U.S. and U.K. jurisprudence, an action realized under color of law is an act realized by an official as if he or she were authorized to take the apparently legal action not authorized by sta
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Legal term
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_(law)
date created:
2005-10-02T20:30:38Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T21:08:11Z
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