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How to pronounce technicality in English?

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Type Words
Type of detail, item, point
Derivation technical


the resolution died on a technicality.
the defendant was acquitted on a legal technicality.
Type Words
Type of state
Derivation technical


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..

Examples of technicality

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Isn't it ironic-teh pig gets off on a technicality and the victim is still dead?
From the orlandosentinel.com
Zuma was charged in 2005, but that case was dismissed on a technicality in 2006.
From the edition.cnn.com
The technicality re-opens, from a federal perspective, the land for development.
From the thestate.com
The first bust cost him a $400 fine, the second was dismissed on a technicality.
From the time.com
As extraordinary, that is, as a technicality in the rules will permit him to be.
From the time.com
The first, in 2009, was triggered by a technicality in a defense spending bill.
From the charlotteobserver.com
This review is strangely hard on the technicality of whether the work is history.
From the guardian.co.uk
Siegel has refused to withdraw from the case, citing a technicality in the law.
From the sfgate.com
The Belle of Louisville finished first, but the Delta Queen won a technicality.
From the courier-journal.com
More examples
  • A detail that is considered insignificant
  • The term legal technicality is a casual or colloquial phrase referring to a technical aspect of law. The phrase is not a term of art in the law; it has no exact meaning, nor does it have a legal definition. ...
  • The quality or state of being technical; that which is technical, or peculiar to any trade, profession, sect, or the like