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Concerning things that are so minor as to be negligible, trivial, or trifling. Often used to describe exemptions in government rules and regulations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- The tax is not payable on amounts below the de minimis limit of £100 per year.
- The de minimis rules on import duty mean that alcohol for personal consumption is exempt from any charge.
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Beneath the notice of the law; so minor as not to warrant a penalty or remedy.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: law
Examples
- The behaviour of the accused was technically assault, but the judge found it de minimis and entered an acquittal.
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Ellipsis of de minimis exemption.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, ellipsis, uncountable
Examples
- the death of de minimis [in U.S. commerce]
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Borrowed from Latin de minimīs, ablative of minimus (“smallest, least”); shortened form of the legal maxim de minimis non curat lex (literally “the law does not concern itself with trifling matters”).
