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nonadversarial

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Definition of nonadversarial

Etymology

    non- +‎ adversarial

Adjective

nonadversarial (not comparable)

  1. Not adversarial.

    *
    2007 January 19, Adam Liptak, “White House Shifting Tactics in Spy Cases”, New York Times:
    On Wednesday, the administration announced that an unnamed judge on the secret court, in a nonadversarial proceeding that apparently cannot be appealed, had issued orders that apparently both granted surveillance requests and set out some ground rules for how such requests would be handled.

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