Definition of "in theory" []

• Theoretically. (phrase)

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• "Side by side with Probabilism and Rigorism a party held sway which favoured Laxism, and which maintained in theory or practice that a slightly probable opinion in favour of liberty could safely be followed."
• "However, subject to possible qualifications with regard to precedents of the Bundesverfassungs - gericht (“Constitutional Court”), in Germany no higher court's decision in theory binds a lower court in a subsequent case, and no court is precluded from over - ruling its own decisions."
• "Still, though counsel in France rely greatly on precedents (which are extensively reported) the court in theory always applies the legal rule de - rived from the appropriate code, and the highest court"