infralegal dispute

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

Pronunciation Usage Guide

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

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Cite the Definition of Infralegal Dispute

ASA – American Sociological Association (5th edition)

Bell, Kenton, ed. 2014. “infralegal dispute.” In Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Retrieved April 19, 2024 (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 April 19, 2024. https://sociologydictionary.org/infralegal-dispute/.

MLA – Modern Language Association (7th edition)

“infralegal dispute.” Open Education Sociology Dictionary. Ed. Kenton Bell. 2014. Web. 19 Apr. 2024. <https://sociologydictionary.org/infralegal-dispute/>.