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Definition of Colour of law
1. Noun. A mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law. "The plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights"
Generic synonyms: Color, Colour, Gloss, Semblance
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of Colour Of Law
Literary usage of Colour of law
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law of Scotland by John Hay Athole Macdonald (1877)
"OPPRESSION UNDER colour of law. Judges or other officials commit crime if they
use their ... And the same holds of a private party who, under colour of law, ..."
2. The Parliament and Councils of England, Chronologically Arranged: From the by Charles Henry Parry (1839)
"... there is no Colour of Law to claim a Privilege of freedom from Suits, and for
many other Reasons." March 20. The Lords appoint a Committee to discover ..."
3. A Pattern of Catechistical Doctrine: And Other Minor Works of Lancelot by Lancelot Andrewes (1846)
"With more, either without law, or with colour of law. a. ... Under colour of law,
or with pretext of marriage, is polygamy; wherewith sundry of the ..."
4. The Minor Theatre: Being a Collection of the Most Approved Farces, Operas (1794)
"... East: There they gain us those ends in spite and defiance of law, which, with
a proper agent, may here be obtained under the pretence and colour of law. ..."
5. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the High Court of Chancery: In the by John Tracy Atkyns, Philip Yorke Hardwicke, William Newnam, Great Britain Court of Chancery (1781)
"... and No colour of law to flay all fuits at common law, tho' the authority
whereby the [°^'tha ... may make there any colour of law for this ? could every ..."
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