on the merits

based on the qualities of someone or something, or on the facts of a situation The mayor makes job appointments only on the merits.

Usage notes: used especially in legal decisions: His pardon was granted solely on the merits.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
'Azazyahu	-	Biblical Hebrew
Caradoc	-	Welsh
Kenith	KEN-ith	English (Rare)
Sibylla	zi-BUY-lah (German)	Greek, German, Swedish, Late Roman, Late Greek
Armani	[a:'ma:ni]
Mahir	-	Arabic