Adjective
Of a person, following the letter of the law.
He's very legalistic, so let's hope the law is just and merciful as well as strict.
Of a person, tending to resort to the law, as one who sues frequently.
His legalistic tendencies irritated his neighbors, especially since they had to defend themselves against his frivolous suits.
Practicing or characterized by legalism.
She was legalistic in her observation of religious rules and traditions.
the European Union is legalistic, bureaucratic and runs by precedent.
Accounting for the most part, remains a legalistic and traditional practice, almost immune to self-criticism by scientific methods. Kenneth Boulding
The Bill of Rights isn't some legalistic fine print. It was written to make our lives freer, more prosperous, and happier. By forsaking it, America has become no better than any other country in the world. Harry Browne
Legalistic Southerners tried to view the Constitution as a contract. Unfortunately, that viewpoint breaks down when viewed as a lawyer views a contract. There are very few ways to legally break a contract unilaterally. William C. Davis (historian)
Extremely religious, legalistic people have a criticism or judgment about everyone and everything. They just have a way of bringing people down with what they say. Joyce Meyer
Even an attorney of moderate talent can postpone doomsday year after year, for the system of appeals that pervades American jurisprudence amounts to a legalistic wheel of fortune, a game of chance, somewhat fixed in the favor of the criminal, that the par. Truman Capote
Although liberal socialism unequivocally favors a mixed market economy, it identifies legalistic and artificial monopolies to be the fault of capitalism Roland Willey Bartlett, Roland Willey Bartlett. Source: Internet