Sentence examples for based on a technicality from inspiring English sources

Durov says that the latest move from VK.com's shareholders, which was based on a technicality in how Durov "resigned" a month ago, is the final nail in the coffin for him and the social network.

But he did so reluctantly, calling it a win based "on a technicality".

"Rosenstein's message may have been based on a technicality," the Bloomberg story said.

Natasha Lamb, director of shareholder engagement at Arjuna Capital, called the ruling bizarre, confusing and based on a technicality.

"A candidate should not be disqualified based on a technicality," the panel wrote, adding that he could have nominated himself.

This is the second time the project has been set back in court based on a technicality.

THIS week's surprise dismissal of war-crimes charges against two Guantánamo detainees may be based on a mere "technicality", as red-faced administration officials hastened to claim.

In short, in the vast majority of death-penalty cases we have no idea whether the finding of error that led to a reversal was based on a legal technicality, a changing high-court standard about how a capital crime ought to be tried or a judgment that the defendants might be innocent.

The ruling, which was based on a legal technicality rather than biosafety concerns, has surprised advocates and opponents of the trial alike.

However, as bioanthropologist Kristina Killgrove points over at Forbes, declaring oneself "African" based on a genetic technicality doesn't necessarily imbue a person with cultural understanding.

All three came close to being executed in the late 1970s--Wiley 1970s--Wiley 1970s--Wileys execameon date--withinheir sentences were commuted to life in prison based on a lucky technicality (a paperwork error in Jackson's case) and Ohio's death penalty statute being held unconstitutional for the other two.