| gen. |
beyond the legal pale (Texas, after all, maintained that unauthorized immigrants were not even recognizable legal subjects – that they were beyond the legal pale – in effect, outlaws. | I should not, however, have attempted the innovation, but for the uncouth Norman phrase, cestuique trust, utterly unknown beyond the legal pale." | Although irrationality is beyond the legal pale it does not mark the legal boundaries which fence in discretion. Alexander Demidov); outside the law (1 : not agreeing with the law. actions that may have been outside the law [=illegal] 2 : in an illegal way. Investigators were unable to prove that the business was operating outside the law. [=illegally]. MWALD Alexander Demidov) |
