Sentence examples for ruling on a technicality from inspiring English sources

Only days before Mr Morsi's inauguration, the most senior constitutional court infuriated the Brotherhood by ruling, on a technicality, to disband the parliament itself.

A Peruvian court ordered her to return to prison in August, basing its ruling on a technicality (the police had apparently failed to inspect her apartment).

Though there's a slim chance AirPooler could get the ruling reversed on a technicality, for now there shall be no ridesharing in the sky.

Consider her out of the running on a technicality.

The new ruling was made on a technicality concerning the plaintiff's legal standing to bring the case.A Somali national living in Ohio was accused of plotting to blow up a shopping mall in Columbus.

The Republican Party claimed that the ruling was based on a technicality rather than the merits of the arguments.

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.

"The ruling hinges on a procedural technicality," he said in a statement.

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

The ruling was based, in effect, on a technicality but it ends the investigation into General Pinochet's suspected involvement in the case.

The French ruling in late December was based on a technicality, and the government has vowed to tweak the law and try again.