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Jackson6612 Posted 18 years ago
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So as to be either required as legal or forbidden as illegal

non-legal
not legal; specifically: not being within the province of the law so as to be either required as legal or forbidden as illegal

Is the expression so as to acting as a single unit? The dictionary gives definitions for two distinct entries so as and as to.

What does it mean?
  

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Hi, non-legal not legal; specifically: not being within the province of the law so as to be either required as legal or forbidden as illegal Is the expression so as to acting as a single unit? The dictionary gives definitions for two distinct entries so as and as to . What does it mean?

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  • Hi, non-legal not legal; specifically: not being within the province of the law so as to be either required as legal or forbidden as illegal Is the expression so as to acting as a single unit?
  • The dictionary gives definitions for two distinct entries so as and as to .
  • What does it mean?
  • My dictionary says this.
  • so as (followed by to + infinitive ) in order to (eg so as to get it finished ) The idea is that for a non-legal act , the law does not have to take any action in order to say it's legal or illegal.
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Hi,
non-legal
not legal; specifically: not being within the province of the law so as to be either required as legal or forbidden as illegal

Is the expression so as to acting as a single unit? The dictionary gives definitions for two distinct entries so as and as to.

What does it mean?

My dictionary says this.
so as (follo
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