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Discretion literally

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vest

literally, to clothe, from Old French, from Latin vestire] vt 1 a : to place in the possession, discretion, or province of some person or authority [all legislative powers herein granted shall be ed in a Congress

de novo

fact or law) [a de novo review] b : allowing complete retrial upon new evidence compare abuse of discretion, clearly erroneous NOTE: A de novo review is an in-depth review. Decisions of federal administrative agencies are generally … de novo [Medieval Latin, literally, from (the) new] : over again : as if for the first time: as a : allowing independent

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