matter of law in English

noun
1
the part of a judicial inquiry concerned with the interpretation of the law.
One reason is if the judge concludes, as a matter of law , that the defendant owed no duty to the plaintiff.

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1. Annulments are intended to help people who were never legally married as a matter of law, such as underage persons

2. Conclusive evidence: evidence that cannot be disputed and that, as a matter of law, must be taken to establish some fact in issue.

3. Appeals to the Court of Cassation are limited to issues of law, although judgments unsupported by sufficient evidence can be and sometimes are reversed as erroneous as a matter of law.

4. A marriage Annulment is a legal determination that a marriage never existed. Annulments are intended to help people who were never legally married as a matter of law, such as underage persons

5. However, even in the First Department, emails that do not “utterly refute[] plaintiff’s factual allegations” and “Conclusively establish[] a defense to the asserted claims as a matter of law” still will not support a motion to dismiss under CPLR 3211(a)(1)

6. Plural amici curiae Definition of Amicus curiae : one (such as a professional person or organization) that is not a party to a particular litigation but that is permitted by the court to advise it in respect to some matter of law that directly affects the case in question Examples of Amicus curiae in a Sentence