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stare decisis

order to insure certainty, consistency, and stability in the administration of justice with departure from precedent permitted for compelling reasons (as to prevent the perpetuation of injustice)

state

organization that has supreme civil authority and political power and serves as the basis of government see also compelling state interest at interest, separation of church and state c : a government or politically organized society having

strict scrutiny

law that allegedly violates equal protection in order to determine if it is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest see also intermediate, rational basis test

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title

marketable title to the property] ;specif : title of such quality that a purchaser under contract should be compelled to accept it called also merchantable title NOTE: Clear title and good title are commonly used to indicate

voluntary

choice or consent rather than as the result of duress, coercion, or deception [a statement] b : not compelled by law : done as a matter of choice or agreement [ arbitration] c : made freely and

witness

to give evidence before a judicial tribunal or similar inquiry [a before a congressional committee] [no person…shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a against himself "U.S. Constitution amend. V"] compare affiant, deponent adverse witness

Banish

To condemn to exile or compel to leave ones country by authority of the ruling power

Besiege

To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender to lay siege to to beleaguer to beset

law of the case

that has been decided (as by an appeals court) will not be reconsidered in the same case unless compelling circumstances warrant such reconsideration ;also : a matter of law considered as settled in a case [the jury

interpleader

interpleader [Anglo-French enterpleder, from enterpleder, verb] : a proceeding by which a person compels parties making the same claim against him or her to litigate the matter between themselves see also bill

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stare decisis

order to insure certainty, consistency, and stability in the administration of justice with departure from precedent permitted for compelling reasons (as to prevent the perpetuation of injustice)

state

organization that has supreme civil authority and political power and serves as the basis of government see also compelling state interest at interest, separation of church and state c : a government or politically organized society having

strict scrutiny

law that allegedly violates equal protection in order to determine if it is narrowly tailored to serve a compelling state interest see also intermediate, rational basis test

Keep your definitions linked to case research

title

marketable title to the property] ;specif : title of such quality that a purchaser under contract should be compelled to accept it called also merchantable title NOTE: Clear title and good title are commonly used to indicate

voluntary

choice or consent rather than as the result of duress, coercion, or deception [a statement] b : not compelled by law : done as a matter of choice or agreement [ arbitration] c : made freely and

witness

to give evidence before a judicial tribunal or similar inquiry [a before a congressional committee] [no person…shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a against himself "U.S. Constitution amend. V"] compare affiant, deponent adverse witness

Banish

To condemn to exile or compel to leave ones country by authority of the ruling power

Besiege

To beset or surround with armed forces for the purpose of compelling to surrender to lay siege to to beleaguer to beset

law of the case

that has been decided (as by an appeals court) will not be reconsidered in the same case unless compelling circumstances warrant such reconsideration ;also : a matter of law considered as settled in a case [the jury

interpleader

interpleader [Anglo-French enterpleder, from enterpleder, verb] : a proceeding by which a person compels parties making the same claim against him or her to litigate the matter between themselves see also bill

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