intratribal

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/ˌɪntɹəˈtɹaɪbəl/

adjective

Within a tribe.

Scrabble 13

Meanings

adjectiveintratribal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableWithin a tribe.
    1 more example

    2014, Matthew L.M. Fletcher, American Indian Tribal Law (Aspen Elective Series), Riverwoods, IL:Wolters Kluwer, →ISBN, p. 118. See also M.L.M. Fletcher, "Toward a Theory of Intertribal and Intratribal Common Law", 43:3 Hous. L. Rev. 701 (2006-2007). [pp. 701-741, esp. 707]. "Intratribal common law is the common law applied by tribal courts in cases arising out of an indigenous legal construct... An indigenous legal construct, in contrast to an Anglo-American legal construct, is a legal construct that originates within the tribal community." [Matthew L.M. Fletcher]

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₁énteros
  3. Latin*interus
  4. Latinintrā
  5. Englishintra-
  6. Englishtribal
  7. Englishintratribal

From intra- + tribal.

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APA

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Chicago

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