Letter of the law

[Guest]

Test No. incompl/advan-51 "Yours Lawfully", question 8

Although technically his judgement was not according to the ......... of the law, most people thought the judge was right to let the man go free.

(a) print
(b) number
(c) point
(d) letter

Test No. incompl/advan-51 "Yours Lawfully", answer 8

Although technically his judgement was not according to the letter of the law, most people thought the judge was right to let the man go free.

Correct answer: (d) letter

Your answer was: incorrect
Although technically his judgement was not according to the point of the law, most people thought the judge was right to let the man go free.
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Would you be so kind to paraphrase "letter of the law" - THANK YOU!

[Alan]

This expression describes the exact words as they are written down in a legal document - in a general sense according to the letter of the law means precisely/exactly.
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