nonextortion

noun

nonextortion

noun

Etymology From non- + extortion.

1

Lack of extortion.

  • Posner's second argument against enforcing surrogacy contracts invokes a principle of nonextortion, which might be entailed by basic liberty (depending on what nonextortion is taken to mean).1996, Amy Gutmann, Dennis Frank Thompson, Democracy and Disagreement, page 398:

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