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Outcome Determinative Test

Legal definition for Indian law research

Definition

Outcome-determinative test, means a test used to determine whether an issue is substantive for pur-pose of the Erie doctrine by examining the issue's potential effect on the outcome of the litigation, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1128.

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