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col·or n: a legal claim to or appearance of a right or authoritythreats that gave color to an act of self-defense— usu. used in the phrase under color ofa police officer held liable for violating the plaintiff's civil rights under color of state lawa second “search” under color of warrant — W. R. LaFave and J. H. Israel
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(complexion) noun
apparent character, aspects, attribute, bearing, character, characteristics, component, constitution, denomination, description, designation, distinction, endowment, faculty, features, fettle, figure, flavor, form, hue, image, inclination, kind, likeness, lineament, make, manner, mark, nature, particularity, peculiarities, posture, principle, quality, shape, species, style, temperament, tendency, tone, trim, type, variety
associated concepts: the color of a case
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(deceptive appearance) noun
act of dissembling, affectation, allegation, alleged motive, apparent right, appearance, cloak, concealment, cunning, deceit, deception, deceptive covering, device, disingenuousness, display, dissemblance, dissimulation, distortion, equivocalness, equivocation, evasion, exaggeration, external appearance, false appearance, falseness, falsification, feint, gloss, guile, guise, impression, misrepresentation, misstatement, outward appearance, praetextus, pretense, pretext, representation, show, simulacrum, simulation, subterfuge, suggestio falsi, suppressio veri
associated concepts: color a cause of action, color of authority, color of claim, color of interest, color of jurisdiction, color of law, color of office, color of right, color of state law, color of title, color of title in adverse possession, under color of, under color of law
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camouflage
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complexion
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falsify, misrepresent, prejudice (influence), pretense (pretext), slant, stain
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.Appearance as opposed to reality; disguise; hiding facts behind a false legal theory.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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n.1 A false appearance; disguise; pretext; especially the false appearance of a claim to legal right, authority, or office.See also color of law, color of title.2 The skin complexion of people who do not belong to the Caucasian or Caucasoid ethnic group. The term is frequently added to "race" in constitutional provisions and statutes barring discrimination.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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The appearance or semblance of a thing, as distinguished from the thing itself.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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The appearance or semblance of a thing, as distinguished from the thing itself.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
