Technicality - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˌteknɪˈkælətɪ|
Brit.
|ˌteknɪˈkælɪtɪ|
noun
- the state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods
the judicial system suffered from too much technicality and formality
It is a tribute to the tribunals that the technicality at the heart of the appellate process in these tribunals can and does coexist with the relative informality in atmosphere and with procedural flexibility.
- a specific detail in a set of rules or terms belonging to a particular fieldIt is a tribute to the tribunals that the technicality at the heart of the appellate process in these tribunals can and does coexist with the relative informality in atmosphere and with procedural flexibility.
the resolution died on a technicality
the defendant was acquitted on a legal technicality
the defendant was acquitted on a legal technicality
Extra examples
These cases were dropped because of legal technicalities.
The case against him had to be dropped because of a legal technicality.
The proposal was rejected on a technicality (=because of a technicality).
It is a tribute to the tribunals that the technicality at the heart of the appellate process in these tribunals can and does coexist with the relative informality in atmosphere and with procedural flexibility.
The court case turned upon a technicality of company law.
Word forms
noun
singular: technicality
plural: technicalities
singular: technicality
plural: technicalities
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