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{{def|Bright-line test|/brʌɪt lʌɪn tɛst/|n| | {{def|Bright-line test|/brʌɪt/ /lʌɪn/ /tɛst/|n|[[File:3 trajectories guided by the wave function.png|450px|thumb|center|A bright line test yesterday. (Needless to say this was not filmed in America)]] | ||
[[File:3 trajectories guided by the wave function.png|450px|thumb|center|A bright line test yesterday. (Needless to say this was not filmed in America)]] | |||
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(''American''). A conceptual exercise bestowing a so great degree of confidence in the mind of a member of the New York bar that it cannot, as a matter of [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] theory, much less ''legal'' theory, exist. A bright-line test is a [[paradox]]; a kind of unachievable [[Platonic form]]; a sunlit upland to which all US attorneys wistfully aspire, but which all know, and thank their lucky stars, they will never have to encounter in person. | (''American''). A conceptual exercise bestowing a so great degree of confidence in the mind of a member of the New York bar that it cannot, as a matter of [[metaphysics|metaphysical]] theory, much less ''legal'' theory, exist. A bright-line test is a [[paradox]]; a kind of unachievable [[Platonic form]]; a sunlit upland to which all US attorneys wistfully aspire, but which all know, and thank their lucky stars, they will never have to encounter in person. |