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matter of law in British Englishnoun law an issue requiring the court's interpretation of the law or relevant principles of the law Compare matter of fact matter of law in American EnglishnounLaw an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law Examples of 'matter of law' in a sentencematter of law We thus conclude that the trial court erred in dismissing them as a matter of law.More important, as a matter of law, was the identification evidence.As a matter of law, the requirements of section 14(2) were not satisfied.This is troubling as a matter of law and as a point of principle.As a matter of law, every defendant must be able to understand criminal proceedings they face.Although expressed as a matter of law, the judicial review jurisdiction was delimited on policy grounds.The local authority's position was that the judge was not entitled as a matter of law to require the local authority to undertake the assessment.The claimant's principal submission was that his conduct was not capable, as a matter of law, of amounting to gross misconduct.The issue was essentially whether, as a matter of law, that was a sufficient basis on which to have made the direction.The basis on which the judge dismissed the claim was flawed on the facts and as a matter of law.Driving on a particular side of a road is purely convention, it is not a matter of law or a rule. |