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  • One idea that might make asset forfeiture policies more palatable in my mind is if the government faced a penalty in situations where they are unsuccessful in the quasilegal process.

    The Volokh Conspiracy » New Institute for Justice Report on Asset Forfeiture 2010

  • He'd installed it in the days before his doctor had given him the prescription that made him a quasilegal medical marijuana grower (patient complains that reality harshes his mellow — prescribe 2 grams cannabis every three hours by inhalation, ingestion, or suppository).

    You Suck Moore, Christopher, 1957- 2007

  • Londer Galko always skirted the fringe of the quasilegal.

    Take A Thief Lackey, Mercedes 2001

  • Errant reflections from lanterns on the prows of scavenger boats out searching for treasure among the floating garbage showed that one quasilegal form of trade was active on the river tonight, and the curses of mud larks along the bank as they slipped and slid in noisome detritus left by the tide at least gave some sign of life near at hand.

    The Serpent's Shadow Lackey, Mercedes 2001

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