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单词 preterlegal
释义

preterlegaladj.

Forms: see preter- prefix and legal adj.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: preter- prefix, legal adj.
Etymology: < preter- prefix + legal adj. N.E.D. (1908) indicates the stress as preterˈlegal.
Obsolete. rare.
Beyond or outside what is legal; not according to law.
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society > law > rule of law > illegality > [adjective] > beyond the law
exorbitantc1460
extrajudicial1641
preterlegal1649
exlex1909
1649 Εἰκων Βασιλικη xi. 91 I expected..some evill customes preterlegall, and abuses personall had been to be removed.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Chesh. 178 Sir Randal..openly manifested his dislike of such Præter-legal Courses.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Preterlegal, not agreeable to law.
a1834 S. T. Coleridge Lit. Remains (1838) III. 189 This illegal or præter-legal and desultory toleration by connivance at particular cases.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online September 2020).
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