The term
legal technicality is a casual or
colloquial phrase referring to a technical aspect of law. The phrase is not a
term of art in the
law; it has no exact meaning, nor does it have a legal definition. It implies that strict adherence to the
letter of the law has prevented the spirit of the law from being enforced. However, as a vague term, the definition of a technicality varies from person to person, and it is often simply used to denote any portion of the law that interferes with the outcome desired by the user of the term.