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noun
The failure to apply an existing law, rule, regulation etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: law
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History
Etymology tree English non- Latin applicātiōbor. Old French aplicacionbor. Middle English applicacioun English application English nonapplication From non- + application.
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