term of art

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term of art

noun terms of art

A word or phrase whose use or meaning is specific to a particular field of endeavor. The opinion in United States v du Pont does not, in any event, render the term "acquiring" in a consent decree a term of art. The Court fails to explain how its opinion there has served to transform the plain term "acquiring" into a "term of art" that would, by common understanding, have the meaning
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@misc{term_of_art_2026,
  title = {term of art},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/term%20of%20art},
  urldate = {2026-11-07}
}