technicality
noun
tech·ni·cal·i·ty
ˌtek-nə-ˈka-lə-tē 
plural technicalities
1
: something technical
especially
: a detail meaningful only to a specialist
a legal technicality
2
: the quality or state of being technical
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These cases were dropped because of legal technicalities.
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Last year, she was also impeached by the House but survived by successfully petitioning the Supreme Court to declare the impeachment bid unconstitutional on a technicality.
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The second impeachment came more than nine months after the country’s Supreme Court voided the first over a constitutional technicality, but the top court’s decision did not prevent any future attempts.
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Four years ago, the court allowed him, on a different technicality, to erase the Democratic district held by a Black representative in North Florida, Al Lawson.
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Literary Hub, 12 May 2026
Last year, she was also impeached by the House but survived by successfully petitioning the Supreme Court to declare the impeachment bid unconstitutional on a technicality.
—Jim Gomez, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2026
The second impeachment came more than nine months after the country’s Supreme Court voided the first over a constitutional technicality, but the top court’s decision did not prevent any future attempts.
—Chad De Guzman, Time, 11 May 2026
Four years ago, the court allowed him, on a different technicality, to erase the Democratic district held by a Black representative in North Florida, Al Lawson.
—Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 11 May 2026
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“Technicality.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/technicality. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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technicality
noun
tech·ni·cal·i·ty
ˌtek-nə-ˈkal-ət-ē
plural technicalities
1
: something technical
especially
: a detail that means something only to a specialist
a legal technicality
2
: the quality or state of being technical
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