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But certain casuistical questions arise in connection with this command.

From The Moral Instruction of Children by Felix Adler

Bishop Blougram's Apology introduces a new element, the casuistical.

From An Introduction to the Study of Browning by Arthur Symons

Defective knowledge and illogical or casuistical argument alone render any other conclusion possible.

From A Life of William Shakespeare with portraits and facsimiles by Sir Sidney Lee

It has sometimes been thought of as an outward law, sometimes as an inward disposition; and each of these rival conceptions has developed a casuistical method of its own.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" by Various

Medieval economics was little more than a casuistical system of elaborate and somewhat artificial rules of conduct.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various