Search Result for "color of law":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a mere semblance of legal right; something done with the apparent authority of law but actually in contravention of law;
- Example: "the plaintiff claimed that under color of law the officer had deprived him of his civil rights"
[syn: color of law, colour of law]



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

color of law
    n 1: 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" [syn: color
         of law, colour of law]