| 单词 | in strictness of speech, of law |
| 释义 | > as lemmasin strictness of speech, of law b. in strictness: taken or understood strictly; according to a strict conception, definition, or interpretation. More explicitly in strictness of speech, of law, etc. ΘΚΠ society > law > jurisprudence > jurisprudence [phrase] > in strict interpretation in strictness of speech, of law1648 stricti juris1684 the mind > mental capacity > intelligibility > meaning > explanation, exposition > interpretation > [adverb] > accurately strictly1602 unerringly1645 in strictness of speech, of law1648 sensu stricto1849 stricto sensu1931 1648 Bp. J. Wilkins Math. Magick ii. i. 145 But in its strictnesse and propriety, it is onely appliable unto fresh inventions. 1660 R. Coke Elements Power & Subjection 135 in Justice Vindicated In cases wherein things in conscience ought to be done, yet for want of some formalities or niceties they cannot in strictness of law be exacted. a1691 R. Boyle Christian Virtuoso ii, in Wks. (1772) VI. 748 I chose to take in..several that perhaps did not in strictness belong to the Christian Virtuoso. 1692 F. Atterbury Serm. Whitehall 6 Praise and Thanksgiving do, in strictness of Speech, signifie Things somewhat different. 1794 G. Adams Lect. Nat. & Exper. Philos. IV. xliv. 213 Dr. Herschel even goes so far as to suppose, that there is not, in strictness of speaking, one fixed star in the heavens. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. v. 639 She was undoubtedly guilty of what in strictness is a capital crime. 1863 C. Lyell Geol. Evid. Antiq. Man 6 The term Post-pliocene ought in strictness to include all geological monuments posterior in date to the Pliocene. 1870 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (ed. 2) I. App. 595 Neither of these Kings were, in strictness of speech, deposed. < as lemmas |
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