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Record 1 2000-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
  • Legal System
DEF

strict adherence to the letter rather than the spirit of the law

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
  • Théorie du droit
DEF

Attitude de quelqu'un qui s'en tient à la lettre des lois.

OBS

Valéry avait employé la var. jurisme (Cahiers, Pl., t.2, p. 145), directement tirée du latin : «le jurisme a empoisonné le monde».

Spanish

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