nonadversarial
adjUK /nɒnˌæd.vəˈsɛəɹi.əl/ · US /nɑnˌæd.vɚˈsɛɹi.əl/
Etymology From non- + adversarial.
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Not adversarial.
- 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.2007 January 19, Adam Liptak, “White House Shifting Tactics in Spy Cases”, in New York Times: