The rigid application of 'zoning' policies (where indeed it continues) can have a very damaging effect.

The compassionate heart rebels against so rigid an application of justice.

"Fleet diktat demands the use of discipline and the rigid application of punishments."

The rigid application of the "social fascist" line did more to alienate the Communists from the labour movement than any previous actions.

Ammann favored stronger church discipline, including a more rigid application of shunning, the social exclusion of excommunicated members.

Under a rigid application of these rules, the most compelling cases are sometimes barred from review because of a technical slip by the defense counsel.

It's the cold, rigid, mechanical application of rules.

Scientific findings indicate that the rising incidence of disease can be reversed, and geographical spread contained, by the rigid application of cattle-based control measures alone.

So a firm application, without exceptions, without breaking any rules, which does not mean a rigid application.

In essence, the rigid application of the actual controversy requirement would effectively deny review.