The phrase "a rigid application" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a strict or inflexible implementation of rules, procedures, or principles.
Example: "The committee decided to enforce a rigid application of the new policy to ensure compliance across all departments."
Alternatives: "a strict application" or "an inflexible application."
In the Horn of Africa, governmental collapse in Somalia in the last decade led to a rigid application of Islamic law.
What's been interesting about these recommendations is that they do not, as you might expect, come from a rigid application of conventional economic models.
Network engineer Fred Baker uses this distinction between voice and web, or between "real-time" and "elastic" applications, to demonstrate one of the consequences of a rigid application of net neutrality rules.
The court is fully mindful of the reasons for the admonition of the District of Columbia Circuit in Microsoft II of the perils associated with a rigid application of the traditional "separate products" test to computer software design.
A rigid application of Cohen's effect size rules results in an underestimation of the impact of the national initiative.
Partners have raised concerns that a rigid application of these guidelines could compromise their work.
This is a consequence of the rigid application of a universal threshold.
Consequently it attributes a fundamental role to one's ability to apply judgment and exercise discretion in concrete and specific situations that defy the rigid application of a certain technique (or a set of techniques).
It should be noted that the rigid application of an essentially political chronology to developments in the arts can be deceptive.
Wilson says he and his partners chose NADA because of its rigid application process, which provides a sense of exclusivity.
Matilde Poggi, an independent producer in Cavaion, near Verona, said such rigid application of EU rules would hit her ability to market her wine.
