Nevertheless, a number of its provisions have acquired a status juridically more important than originally intended, a reflection of its wide use, even by national courts, as a means of judging compliance with human rights obligations under the UN Charter.
Papal primacy was not only dogmatically affirmed against conciliarism (the view that councils are more authoritative than the pope) but was also juridically strengthened in the conduct and implementation of the council.
Juridically, they have a pretty solid case, too.
Other churches have similarly defined schism juridically in terms of separation from their own communion.
And, morally as well as juridically, a tie goes to the winner — i.e., the one with the most delegates.
Res judicata, (Latin: "a thing adjudged"), a thing or matter that has been finally juridically decided on its merits and cannot be litigated again between the same parties.
The apartheid rulers yearned to be seen as spiritually and juridically part of a remote, Western society rather than of a continent they depicted as cruel and barbaric.
Politically and juridically, as the stabilizing factor over the Islamic peoples, the Būyids, in spite of their own religious affiliation, maintained the caliphate.
After nearly a century of ambiguity, it was, for the time being, anyway, a space of American power that was juridically no man's land.
This codification enabled the empire to stand up to the juridically minded church of Avignon. Louis possessed courage and tenacity without being rigid.
But at least his/her vote will be reflected in the overall national popular-vote total, which, though juridically meaningless, is of some interest vis-à-vis the winner's "mandate".
