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ripeness

noun/ˈraɪpnəs/

C2CEFR level
85/100Rarity: very rare
TechnicalRegister

The requirement that a controversy be sufficiently developed and concrete before a court will adjudicate it.

The declaratory claim failed for want of ripeness, the threatened harm being wholly contingent.

Topic: Evidence & procedure in Legal English

Rarity runs from 0 (a word everyone knows) to 100 (almost never seen outside specialist or literary writing). Level is the word's real difficulty on the CEFR scale, from A1 to C2.

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