hyperlegal

English

Etymology

hyper- +‎ legal

Adjective

hyperlegal (comparative more hyperlegal, superlative most hyperlegal)

1. Making very great or excessive use of the legal system.
   • 2013, Colin Dayan, The Law is a White Dog, page 72:

     We need to explore this hyperlegal negation of civil existence.

   • 2022, Azadeh Dastyari, Amy Nethery, Asher Hirsch, Refugee Externalisation Policies:

     Some actions the government is taking at sea against asylum seekers are likely so egregious under international law that no amount of hyperlegal sophistry could justify them, hence the need for obfuscation and hiding these actions […]