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Definition of Infralegal Dispute
(noun) An incident that occurs outside the process of law that does not involve repeated violence.
Example of Infralegal Dispute
- A disagreement between neighbors about who will clean up a tree that fell over in a storm.
Infralegal Dispute Pronunciation
Syllabification: in·fra·le·gal dis·pute
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Usage Notes
- Plural: infralegal disputes
- Infralegal dispute is constrasted to extralegal dispute.
Additional Information
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- Word origin of “infralegal” and “dispute” – Online Etymology Dictionary: etymonline.com
Related Terms
- coercion
- contest
- go-between
- leadership
- legitimacy
- moot
- ordeal
- policy
- political system
- power
- self-redress
Cite the Definition of Infralegal Dispute
ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “infralegal dispute.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved February 9, 2025 (https://sociologydictionary.org/infralegal-dispute/).
APA – American Psychological Association (6th edition)
infralegal dispute. (2014). In K. Bell (Ed.), Open education sociology dictionary. Retrieved from https://sociologydictionary.org/infralegal-dispute/
Chicago/Turabian: Author-Date – Chicago Manual of Style (16th edition)
Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “infralegal dispute.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Accessed February 9, 2025. https://sociologydictionary.org/infralegal-dispute/.
MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)
“infralegal dispute.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2014. Web. 9 Feb. 2025. <https://sociologydictionary.org/infralegal-dispute/>.