legalistic

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His just-in-time epiphany leads him to do the very thing he has spent his whole career eschewing: substitute a simple calculus of immediate military advantage for legalistic code.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 8, 2025

The retired brass and veterans organizations added emotionally charged addenda to that legalistic document.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 28, 2025

Thomas said the process of compensation was getting faster, and being made "less legalistic, less adversarial".

From BBC • Jan. 13, 2025

So they’re these very technical and legalistic questions: Is this really meant to include the president?

From Slate • Dec. 26, 2023

Don’t be picky or legalistic as to where its paw actually landed.

From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel