It required no lawyer's eye to discern the fatal defect which was now revealed in the evidence for the defense.

But he soon recognized two fatal defects in the Republic.

This is the second fatal defect of the Republic.

Old Jim was the best of good fellows, but he had fatal defects.

The picture had the fatal defect of charm.

The Mayor said the new bill had not corrected the "fatal legal defects" of the 1994 bill.

There have been novels about working-class life in England before, but they were almost always flawed by fatal defects.

And I put it to you that herein lies our fatal defect.

Failure to use this phrase correctly could be a fatal defect and so cause a case to fail.

But I must warn you that he has one fatal defect: he really believes.