to-all-intents-and-purposes

Adverb

(not comparable)

(idiomatic, UK) For every functional purpose; in every practical sense; in every important respect; practically speaking.
To all intents and purposes the case is closed.
This treaty is to all intents and purposes no longer viable.

Origin

1500s, English law, originally “to all intents, constructions, and purposes” (found in an act adopted under Henry VIII in 1547).

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