color of law

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Noun color of law has 1 sense

color of law, colour of law - 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"
--₁ is a kind of semblance, gloss, color, colour

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