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hyperlegal en · ADJ

Etymology

From hyper- + legal.

Meanings

1. Making very great or excessive use of the legal system.
   • We need to explore this hyperlegal negation of civil existence. 2013, Colin Dayan, The Law is a White Dog, page 72:
   • Some actions the government is taking at sea against asylum seekers are likely so egregious under international law that no amount of hyperlegal sophistry could justify them, hence the need for obfuscation and hiding these actions […] 2022, Azadeh Dastyari, Amy Nethery, Asher Hirsch, Refugee Externalisation Policies:

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