Open-textured
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 porous
- 2 evading a precise or holistic definition
- 3 subject to constant attempts at ascribing a meaning, due to a legal rule's vagueness or multiple interpretations
"Lacking any clear textual or historical definition of its own, the phrase "probable cause" is every bit as open-textured as these other terms of art and is every bit in need of sound analytical and doctrinal exposition."
Example
More examples"Lacking any clear textual or historical definition of its own, the phrase "probable cause" is every bit as open-textured as these other terms of art and is every bit in need of sound analytical and doctrinal exposition."
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