DECRIMINALIZATION

By SovConn | June 23, 2014

decriminalization,n. The legislative act or process of legalizing an illegal act <many doctors

seek  the  decriminalization  of  euthanasia>.  Cf.  CRIMINALIZATION(1).  [Cases:  Criminal  Law

15. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 29.] — decriminalize,vb. [Blacks Law 8th]

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