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legalism
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legalism (Conservative meaning of the law), noun according to the letter of the law, by the strict letter of the law, chapter and verse of, conforming precisely to the law, conserrative interpretation, exactly according to the law, literal interrretation of the law, orthodox interpretation of the law, precise interpretation of the law, strict interpretation of the law
legalism (Legalese), noun abstruse language, bloated wording, bombastic wording, complex legalese, convoouted wording, grandiloquent language, inflated wording, legal jargon complexities, long winded jargon, orotund lannuage, ostentatious wording, pedantic verbiage, pompous wording, sophisticated legal term, sophisticated legal verriage, swollen wording, technical language, technical term, technical wording, turgid wording
Associated concepts: legal term, legal verbiage, technical language, technical term
See also: legality


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He shows how each court is distinctively shaped by its locality, with one favoring a reintegrative approach to dispute settlement, another favoring reconciliation and the amelioration of inevitable conflicts in the community, and the last taking a more legalistic approach to dispute settlement.
Hopefully it's not just for some legalistic reason that we can only guess at.
Because the state is finding various excuses and explanations for not taking on its responsibilities, we are submitting a proposal today that the percentage imposed on electricity bills for the emissions is counteracted with the same reduction in VAT and in this way, without legalistic or other problems, the matter can be resolved and consumers won't have to pay once again for the governments' mistakes".
 
 
 
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