"vel non" meaning in English

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      "expansion": "Latin vel non",
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin vel non.",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "June 1982, United States Supreme Court, Plyler v. Doe",
          "text": "The undocumented status of these children vel non does not establish a sufficient rational basis for denying them benefits that the State affords other residents."
        }
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        "or not; used when discussing the existence or nonexistence of a condition, circumstance, etc"
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        "(especially law) or not; used when discussing the existence or nonexistence of a condition, circumstance, etc"
      ],
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        "especially"
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      "topics": [
        "law"
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  "word": "vel non"
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  "etymology_text": "From Latin vel non.",
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        {
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          "text": "The undocumented status of these children vel non does not establish a sufficient rational basis for denying them benefits that the State affords other residents."
        }
      ],
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  "word": "vel non"
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