[MrForbes]

"Lawyering the rules" seems to me to refer to the practice of reading the rules with an interpretation that favors your design. The problem with any written language is that it is very difficult to make it precise and unambiguous. For example, my three sons and I were staring at the computer screen, reading a Q&A response, and two of us read it to mean one thing, the other two read it to mean the opposite. Avoiding this problem is a serious challenge that the GDC faces.