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