0 the action of walking across a street at a place where it is not allowed or without taking care to avoid the traffic:
With serious crime on the increase, charities are asking why street-sleepers are being arrested for jaywalking.
They were stopped for jaywalking by an officer who they say yelled at them.
The sign said "No jaywalking".
She got a jaywalking ticket, a fine of $38, which she said she may appeal.
If a rule prohibits jaywalking, a judge conforms to that rule just in case she finds that jaywalkers have, and that nonjaywalkers have not, engaged in wrongful conduct.
Wha t usually motivates my compliance with the jaywalking law is a desire to avoid the $75 fine.
In our jaywalking example, if the agent conforms simply because there is a rule that forbids jaywalking, then that agent has been motivationally guided by the law.
Suppose, further, that there is a legally valid nor m that prohibits jaywalking.
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