open-textured

English

Adjective

open-textured (comparative more open-textured, superlative most open-textured)

  1. porous
  2. (philosophy) evading a precise or holistic definition
  3. (law) subject to constant attempts at ascribing a meaning, due to a legal rule's vagueness or multiple interpretations
    • March 30, 2020, Andrew Manuel Crespo, “Probable Cause Pluralism”, in Yale Law Journal, page 8:
      Lacking any clear textual or historical definition of its own, the phrase "probable cause" is every bit as open-textured as these other terms of art and is every bit in need of sound analytical and doctrinal exposition.
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