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pith and substance en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (Canada, uncountable) The content or subject matter, the leading feature or true nature and character of a law.
    • In determining the “pith and substance” of the legislation, ‘it is necessary to identify the dominant or most important characteristic of the challenged law’. c. 1985, Peter Hogg, Constitutional Law of Canada, 2nd edition, page 313: