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interlegal

interlegal adjective: between legal systems.

Adjective

interlegal (not comparable)

  1. Between legal systems.
    • Though interlegal law is an element of national law, nevertheless special circumstances come into play which may explain the view, widespread especially in earlier times according to which interlegal law was regarded as an international arrangement, above the states, the task of which it was to...2006, Alf Ross, A Textbook of International Law: General Part, page 74

Origin of interlegal

From inter- + legal.

Questions about interlegal

What does interlegal mean?
Interlegal means between legal systems.
What part of speech is interlegal?
Interlegal is an adjective.

Words near interlegal in the dictionary

  1. interleavers
  2. interleaves
  3. interleaving
  4. interleavings
  5. interleg
  6. interlegal
  7. interlegality
  8. interlegibility
  9. interlegible
  10. interlegislative
  11. interlend

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