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- adverb In a
legalistic manner; in a manner promotinglegalism .
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Examples
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A nice sentiment in moral and emotional terms, but legalistically and biologically unconvincing, for reasons I have stated above.
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The oft-quoted “lawful contact” passage is legalistically vacuous.
The Volokh Conspiracy » AZ Boycott and the Constitution: 2010
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How do you mechanically, legalistically “follow Jesus”?
HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010
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How do you mechanically, legalistically “follow Jesus”?
HOW EVIL WORKS DAVID KUPELIAN 2010
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The oft-quoted “lawful contact” passage is legalistically vacuous.
The Volokh Conspiracy » AZ Boycott and the Constitution: 2010
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And both legalistically ask BP to preserve all documents relevant to the spill and the company's clean-up efforts, presumably in case of legal action.
11 East Coast AGs pen letter to BP -- Cuccinelli writes his own 2010
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It is also easy to tell when somebody is arguing legalistically, i.e. in bad faith, about definitions.
UPDATED: The torture files: The leaders speak! - Inside the Queensway - Macleans.ca 2009
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It is also easy to tell when somebody is arguing legalistically, i.e. in bad faith, about definitions.
UPDATED: The torture files: The leaders speak! - Inside the Queensway - Macleans.ca 2009
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But, legalistically, could one argue that his contract was terminable on the latter basis regardless of the former?
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There's a certain entertainment value in the fact that Suzie All-Caps is all about rewriting actual legislation, but is utterly incapable of framing her arguments legalistically.
Tap tap tappity tap. CC 2008
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