LEGAL WORD
Colourable legislation
Doctrine · Constitutional law
Colourable legislation
- Type: Doctrine
- Area of law: Constitutional law
1 What it means
A legislature cannot do indirectly what it cannot do directly by disguising a law as something else.
2 Use it in a sentence
The tax was struck down as colourable legislation.
3 Make it stick
Write your own sentence using Colourable legislation about a case or topic you are studying this week, then check it against the meaning above.
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