(US, law) A legal philosophy of judicial interpretation that requires a judge to apply the text only as it is written, without drawing inferences.

(mathematics) A relation which is asymmetric and transitive.

plural of strict vegetarian

plural of strict ordering

(law) A standard of legal liability by which a person can be found liable regardless of intent, fault or negligence.

(US, law) A narrow interpretation of a law, especially a law that contains ambiguity

(law) A standard for judicial review, according to which a law must have been enacted to further a compelling governmental interest, have been narrowly tailored to achieve that interest, and be the least restrictive means for so doing.

plural of strict construction

(statistics) Of a random process X(t), having characteristics that do not change as t varies.

(law) Synonym of rule of lenity