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distinguish

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distinguish
I verb ascertain, characterize, classify, contradistinguish, define, demarcate, differentiate, discern, discriminate, distinguere, divide, draw a distinction, exercise discretion, exercise discrimination, individualize, internoscere, judge, make distinctions, mark out, note differences, particularize, perceive clearly, point out an essential difference, recognize as different, secemere, separate, set apart, specify, winnow associated concepts: distinguish between right and wrong, distinguishing cases, distinguishing characteristics, distinguishing mark foreign phrases:
- Ubl lex non distingult, nee nos distinguere debemus. — Where the law does not distinguish, we ought not to distinguish
- Qui bene distingult bene docet. — He who distinguishes well, teaches well
II index call (title), characterize, circumscribe (define), classify, contrast, demarcate, detect, diagnose, differentiate, discern (discriminate), elevate, honor, identify, notice (observe), perceive, pierce (discern), recognize (perceive), secern, spy

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


distinguish
v.
To tell one thing apart from another; to point out differences between things; to show how one case is significantly different from another.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


distinguish
to show that a precedent is not in point. When a lawyer has distinguished a precedent, he has shown the court that it does not actually cover the facts of the case before the court.

Collins dictionary of law. . 2001.


distinguish
To differentiate the ruling in one case from another even though both may have similarities of fact.
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


distinguish
v. In a judicial decision, or an argument such as a brief in support of a particular legal outcome, to note or argue that a prior decision of the same or another court is inapplicable as precedent, because of significant differences in the facts or in the legal posture of the two cases.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.


distinguish
To set apart as being separate or different; to point out an essential disparity.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


distinguish
To set apart as being separate or different; to point out an essential disparity.

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  • distinguish — distinguishable, adj. distinguishableness, distinguishability, n. distinguishably, adv. distinguisher, n. distinguishment, n. /di sting gwish/, v.t. 1. to mark off as different (often fol. by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys… …   Universalium

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