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{{G}}Always uttered in the negative, and with insincere remorse — i.e., “sadly, [[there’s no bright line test]]” — a [[bright line test]] is a [[Metaphysics|metaphysical]] concept that does not exist as a matter of {{tag|New York law}} (or for that matter Federal law or any other state’s law). It is a [[US attorney]]’s means of evading any responsibility for anything she says or does, instantly rendering any [[legal opinion]] she may have written to you worthless.

===Usage===
“There is no [[bright line test]] in the rules, and consequently there is always a potential risk that regulators might be [[inclined]] to take the view that your good faith practice on which your firm designed its [[SOX]] implementation might not be [[Recharacterised|recharacterized]] as a [[safe harbor]] to Title III of Regulation G of Rule 14-a7 of the ’[[40 Act]] ...” zzzzz zzzz zzzz HEY! WAKE UP!

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*[[Chicken licken]]
*[[US Attorney]]