adj. Of a person, following the letter of the law.
adj. Of a person, tending to resort to the law, as one who sues frequently.
adj. Practicing or characterized by legalism.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Pertaining to legalism or to legalists.
Word Usage
"But to any freedom-loving Ethiopian or any other reasonable human being, the "pardon" is nothing more than the reveries of a self-absorbed megalomaniac garbed in legalistic hokum."