Nonjailable

adj

adj ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Not jailable. not-comparable

    "The heart of Gail Atwater’s civil rights claim was that going to jail for a nonjailable offense should be a presumptively unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment."

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"The heart of Gail Atwater’s civil rights claim was that going to jail for a nonjailable offense should be a presumptively unreasonable seizure under the Fourth Amendment."

Etymology

From non- + jailable.

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