Questionably Operative Law Fraglich anwendbares Recht Droit d'application douteuse 疑問のある適用法 Lei questionávelmente operativa 有争议的适用法律 Citator - Orange Flag The efficacy of a legal authority (e.g., judicial opinion, statute, regulation) is in doubt, usually through the action of some decisionmaker (e.g., judge, regulator, legislator), through some act (e.g., statutory codification, review of statutory constitutionality).