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no-semicolons

Flags semicolons.

Property Value
Kind Hard rule
Engine phrase
Tier static
Severity error
Intent style
Scope text

Why

Avoid patterns that can make otherwise clear prose sound formulaic or overworked.

Examples

Flagged

The motion failed; the court adjourned.

Better

The motion failed. The court adjourned.

Turning it off

lawlint --disable no-semicolons draft.md

Or durably, in .lawlint/config.json — see Configuration.