Merely defining a school can turn into a philosophical dispute.

Various election laws describe what is permissible, but that merely defines the rules of the game; it does not get at the game's essential unfairness.

It then makes the claim that merely defining the boundaries of the branches is an insufficient safeguard.

The spec goes beyond merely defining how the header should be transmitted.

If it merely defined a penalty provision, then the conviction and sentence could stand.

The hierarchical structure merely defines who is in charge of what and is accountable to whom.

For Badrayn the game was simply power, and religion or ideology merely defined the team identities.

It merely defines who should be allowed to carry a firearm.

The law passed Wednesday merely defined the mechanisms of the process.

The provision, in his view, was permissible because it merely defined the scope of services to be funded.