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n. (context singulare tantum English) The strict interpretation of the law or rules.
Wikipedia
The letter and spirit of the law is an idiomatic antithesis.
Letter of the law may also refer to:
- " The Letter of the Law", 1936 short story by P. G. Wodehouse
- Takeru: Letter of the Law, 1996 manga series by Buichi Terasawa
Usage examples of "letter of the law".
The freedom of Labeo was enslaved, however, by the rigor of his own conclusions, and he decided, according to the letter of the law, the same questions which his indulgent competitor resolved with a latitude of equity more suitable to the common sense and feelings of mankind.
The Enforcer obeyed the letter of the Law when he executed the person who killed the two strigoi.
Perhaps his honor was safe in the letter of the Law, but he felt compromised in its spirit and sick at heart.
That was when one solitary bean-counting accountant at High Command came up with the answer that would satisfy the letter of the law, yet save the military considerable expense.
He knew law, and adhered closely to the letter of the law, but since he had come west, here with these people of wider, more liberal view, he was beginning to feel what one of his old teachers had long ago told him.
That no matter what the letter of the law said, it was of purely general application.
The law was clear, and Katchin was a stickler for the letter of the law.
They said that Einon was a hard, rough old rascal, fair within the letter of the law but entirely lacking in generosity to his tenants, his family, or anyone else.
That was like Katchin also: the letter of the law, but by policy veering as far from justice as that law permitted him.
By inclination and according to the letter of the law Etztak was an equal among the patriarchs.