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review

review : a judicial reexamination and reconsideration of the legality or constitutionality of something (as the proceedings of a lower tribunal or a legislative enactment or governmental action) see also

scrutiny

scrutiny pl: -nies : searching study or inquiry ;specif : judicial investigation of the constitutionality of a statutory classification of persons under the equal protection clause of the U.S. Constitution see also intermediate,

Balancing test

of the court is determined by which is considered greater. Balancing tests are often used for determining the constitutionality of laws and regulations touching on constitutional rights, Webster's Dictionary of Law, Indian Edn. (2005), p. 42.

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Judicial review

114) Judicial Review, is the power of the court to review statutes or administrative acts and determine their constitutionality. The examination of Federal and State Legislative Statutes and the acts of executive officials by the courts to

Civil Law

most part promulgated by Romulus, Numa Pompilius and Servius Tullius. To Romulus are ascribed the formation of a constitutional government, and the imposition of a fine, instead of death, for crimes; Numa Pompilius composed the laws relating

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