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color definition - legal

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 and 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 Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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