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pith and substance

noun

Definitions

  1. The content or subject matter, the leading feature or true nature and character of a law.

    • In determining the “pith and substance” of the legislation, ‘it is necessary to identify the dominant or most important characteristic of the challenged law’.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for pith and substance. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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