Meaning of Technicality | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The quality or state of being technical.
   countable, uncountable
2. That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.
   countable, uncountable
3. A minor detail, rule, law, etc., seemingly insignificant to a non-specialist but which has significant consequences in larger matters.
   countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“At her invitation he outlined for her the succeeding chapters with terse military accuracy ; and what she liked best and best understood was avoidance of that false modesty which condescends, turning technicality into pabulum.”

“Ha and Hyland suggest⟳ that technicality is not binary and it is not always possible to say⟳ that a word is technical or not.”

“the technicalities of the sect”

“[T]he names of places and horses and slangy technicalities of the turf, had interlarded the poor girl's brain-sick babble; […]”

“legal technicality”

“These are some of the "Reversible Errors" on which a new trial can be had and are often spoken of by misinformed business men as "technicalities," as when they say⟳ a certain gangster "got off on a technicality" or "got a new trial on a technicality."”

“Mommsen believed that Claudius had been an augur who was ordered by a chief pontiff Metellus to inaugurate Sulpicius son of Servius as a priest, that Claudius declined on grounds of a religious technicality, that Claudius was subsequently fined by the chief pontiff, and that Claudius appealed the fine.”

“Benjamin Gonzales is a suspect⟳ in Dondi Johnson's murder⟳ - the only suspect⟳ we've ever had and the only suspect⟳ we ever will have⟳. But at present⟳ we don't have⟳ a fileable case because of a legal technicality.”

“How often do we hear⟳ about someone who “got away” with committing a crime or who “got off on a technicality”? This type⟳ of remark⟳ is common when discussions arise⟳ about the shortcomings of the U.S. legal system.”

“In 2021, Pennsylvania’s highest court threw out the sexual assault conviction of Bill Cosby on a legal technicality, after discovering an agreement with a previous prosecutor prevented the actor from being charged in the case.”

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