Definition of "coextensive" []

• Having the same limits, boundaries, or scope. (adjective)

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• "If so, then reports of what a compass indicates exhibit one of Chisholm's features of intensionality, namely coextensive terms are not freely substituable salva veritate in such reports."
• "Often, alternative claims of breach of fiduciary duty are routinely dismissed as included in, or "coextensive" with the legal malpractice claims."
• "My thesis in this series is that access to legal services is not coextensive with access to lawyers."