Having some resemblance to or characteristics of something legal, but not fully or officially so.
quasi+legal
Shared component: quasi · resembling
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resembling
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Shared components, not spelling prefixes(of a process or state) changing so slowly that it can be considered to be in equilibrium at each stage.
quasi+static
Shared component: quasi · resembling
Having some of the powers and functions of a judge or court, typically in an administrative body, but not part of the official judiciary.
quasi+judicial
Shared component: quasi · resembling
Having some of the features or characteristics of a military force but not officially part of a country's armed forces.
quasi+military
Shared component: quasi · resembling
having some authority or status but not fully or formally recognized as official.
quasi+official
Shared component: quasi · resembling
Having some of the features or qualities that are characteristic of religion, but not being formally or fully a religion.
quasi+religious
Shared component: quasi · resembling
Having some degree of independence but not being fully or completely independent.
quasi+independent
Shared component: quasi · resembling
(of a study or research design) resembling an experiment in some way but lacking the full control or random assignment of a true experiment.
quasi+experimental
Shared component: quasi · resembling