on all counts

Meanings

prepositional phrase

lawUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see all, count.
“Guilty, on all counts,” the foreman of the jury read.
2013, Gary Mercer, Guilty On All Counts
In every possible way or in every case.
The WHO classification is satisfactory on all counts.
1977, Leslie J. DeGroot, Radiation-Associated Thyroid Carcinoma, page 46
3 more examples
Marketwise, they move with interest rates, and hence provide the maximum safety on all counts.
1965, Standard & Poor's Earnings and Ratings Bond Guide, page 2
Moreover, the Duke, Lear, and Prospero are all put in positions where they must consider the choice between revenge and mercy; and on all counts the choice is for mercy.
1972, Shakespeare studies - Volume 6, page 182
Edward VIII, the princess’s favourite uncle, precipitated the monarchy’s most severe constitutional crisis of the 20th century by abdicating the throne in order to marry Wallis Simpson, the twice divorced American regarded as unsuitable on all counts.
September 8 2022, Stephen Bates, “Queen Elizabeth II obituary”, in The Guardian

A generalization of the legal phrase for when a defendant is found guilty or innocent on every count (charge) in a court case.

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