Pronunciaciones (2)
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/ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪti/
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ˌtɛknɪˈkælɪti
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The quality or state of being technical.
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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.
That which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like.
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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; […]
A minor detail, rule, law, etc., seemingly insignificant to a non-specialist but which has significant consequences in larger matters.
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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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the state of being technical as in the use of technical terms or methods
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the judicial system suffered from too much technicality and formality
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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 field
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the resolution died on a technicality
the defendant was acquitted on a legal technicality