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Blacks Law Dictionary 2nd Edition page 217:
COLOR OF LAW. The appearance or semblance, without the substance, of legal right. McCain v. Des Moines, 174 U. S. 168, 19 Sup. Ct. 644, 43 L. Ed. 936.
Blacks Law Dictionary 3rd Edition page 353:
COLOR OF LAW. The appearance or semblance, without the substance, of legal right. McCain v. Des Moines, 174 U. S. 168, 19 Sup. Ct. 644, 43 L. Ed. 936; Wilt v. Bueter, 186 Ind. 98, 111 N. E. 926, 929; Wright v. Phelps, 89 Vt. 107, 94 A. 294, 295; State v. Brechler, 185 Wis. 599, 202 N. W. 144, 148.
Blacks Law Dictionary 4th Edition page 331:
COLOR OF LAW. The appearance or semblance, without the substance, of legal right. State v. Brechler, 185 Wis. 599, 202 N.W. 144, 148.