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on the merits

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on the merits
based on the qualities of someone or something, or on the facts of a situation The mayor makes job appointments only on the merits.
Usage notes: used especially in legal decisions: His pardon was granted solely on the merits.
See also: merit


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law, the judge hearing the motion was required to assume the truth of each properly pleaded allegation in the complaint, and no determination on the merits of the complaint has been made by, or should be inferred from, the decision.
 
 
 
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