in point of

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English

Prepositional phrase

in point of

  1. (obsolete) with regard to; concerning
    • 1679, Heneage Finch Earl of Nottingham, An Exact and Most Impartial Accompt of the Indictment, Arraignment, Trial, and Judgment (according to Law) of Twenty Nine Regicides (page 186)
      and in that discourse, I did many times take occasion to assert the laws in point of the King
    • 1782, Reports from Committees of the House of Commons:
      What is the difference, in point of the quantity and wholesomeness of Spirits, between the use of Grain of the same quality when malted, and when half malted and half raw?