In Connecticut, there is a legal distinction between a bar and a tavern.
Both the vehicle, defined as a school bus, and the build date were important legal distinctions.
It's too bad Republicans have spent the past year mocking legal distinctions.
There is a legal distinction between these two acts.
"They had been excluded because of a technical, legal distinction."
In the United States, such a legal distinction is not currently made.
Some jurisdictions decline to recognize any legal distinction between fact and opinion.
The code makes legal distinctions between different social classes.
"There is no legal distinction between the human sexes in Xanth."
Whatever technical or legal distinctions might exist, he knew better.