In a true or literal sense; as one would expect from the name or description.
Without determination by or involvement of extraneous factors; by its very nature.
Not leaving discretion to the judge to take into account additional factors that could rebut the judgment, deriving the qualification from the statute.
Being a thing that posits itself and is a principle of its own determination.
Positing itself and being a principle of its own determination.
In a way that is not metaphorical.