Sentence examples for act on a technicality from inspiring English sources

Uganda annuls its controversial Anti-Homosexuality Act — on a technicality.

A Ugandan court annulled the notorious anti-homosexuality act, albeit on a technicality.

It had been begun on rolls of toilet paper and smuggled out of prison in 1961 when Mbeki was held in solitary confinement, awaiting trial under the Explosives Act - he was acquitted on a technicality.

For this one, O'Reilly might get off on a technicality.

A federal judge in Oregon also found that the Patriot Act's authorization of secret searches against American citizens was unconstitutional — a ruling that was reversed on a technicality by a higher court.

Fell was one of three presiding judges, and had the charges dismissed on a technicality.

The bill was signed into law last year before a court nullified it on a technicality; an earlier version prescribed the death penalty for some homosexual acts.

So he's excused on a technicality.

But this was overturned on a technicality.

It was struck down on a technicality.

On a technicality, the N.B.A. won.