Usually means: Strict adherence to law details.
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  1. legalistic: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. legalistic: Merriam-Webster
  3. legalistic: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. legalistic: Wordnik
  5. legalistic: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. legalistic: Wiktionary
  7. legalistic: Dictionary.com
  8. legalistic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. legalistic: Collins English Dictionary

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. legalistic: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. legalistic: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Political (No longer online)

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adjective:  Of a person, following the letter of the law.
adjective:  Of a person, tending to resort to the law, as one who sues frequently.
adjective:  Practicing or characterized by legalism.

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