not legal
Example Sentences
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John Ford, director of the Elder Law Project at the Northeast Justice Center in Massachusetts, pointed out that when somebody goes into a nursing home, they are concerned about medical issues, not legal ones.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Bottom line: VPNs protect privacy, but not legal risk, so use them responsibly.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
“The right to assistance of counsel and the correlative right to dispense with a lawyer’s help are not legal formalisms,” the court added.
From Slate ● Apr. 20, 2026
The prosecutor’s office noted that substantiated and unsubstantiated are terms used by the Sheriff’s Department for “administrative purposes,” not legal outcomes.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2025
“I don’t know,” Roy said, “but it’s not legal, and it’s not right.”
From "Hoot" by Carl Hiaasen
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