matter of law

noun

Law.

1. an issue or matter to be determined according to the relevant principles of law.

matter of law

noun

1. law an issue requiring the court's interpretation of the law or relevant principles of the law Compare matter of fact

Example Sentences

In March, California Insurance Commissioner Ricardo Lara issued a bulletin advising insurers that the Supreme Court decision does not state “smoke damage is never covered as a matter of law.”

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She continued to give evidence after a short break, but the jury were sent home for the day after lunch, with the judge telling them a "matter of law" had arisen.

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She added that the government's arguments "fail as a matter of law".

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Still, the FDA declared the additive unsafe “as a matter of law” while assuring the public that no one’s health was actually at risk when synthetic myrcene was on the market.

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In a recently unsealed summary judgment order in the case, the judge wrote that Planned Parenthood clinics “had an obligation to repay the government payments they received as a matter of law.”

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