casuistical

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Hence it is that he is copied even in the casual mistakes he made; and all the casuistical works recently published have inserted in their pages those mistakes.

From Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, May 1865 by

A Jesuit, of whom she sought counsel in her dilemma, suggested a casuistical compromise.

From Old Quebec The Fortress of New France by Bryan, Claude Glennon

Away toward Englewood hastened Mr. Middleton, reasoning with himself in a somewhat casuistical manner.

From The Strange Adventures of Mr. Middleton by Curtis, Wardon Allan

Medieval economics was little more than a casuistical system of elaborate and somewhat artificial rules of conduct.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 10 "Echinoderma" to "Edward" by Various

On the assumption that he was responsible for Glenelg's benevolent view of Canadian local rights, one might attribute something of Lord John Russell's over logical and casuistical declarations concerning responsible government to Buller's "Mr. Mother-country."

From British Supremacy & Canadian Self-Government, 1839-1854 by Morison, J. L. (John Lyle)