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required records doctrine

required records doctrine : a doctrine holding that the privilege against self-incrimination does not apply to business records that are customarily

rescue doctrine

rescue doctrine : a common-law doctrine that permits a plaintiff to recover from a party whose negligence was the proximate

ripeness doctrine

ripeness doctrine : a doctrine prohibiting federal courts from exercising jurisdiction over a case until an actual controversy is presented

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sovereign acts doctrine

sovereign acts doctrine : a doctrine granting the United States immunity from contractual obligations for acts performed in its sovereign capacity

unconstitutional conditions doctrine

unconstitutional conditions doctrine : a doctrine in constitutional law that bars a government from imposing a condition on the grant of

step transaction doctrine

step transaction doctrine : a doctrine in tax law: a series of separate but related transactions may be viewed as a

sudden emergency doctrine

sudden emergency doctrine : a doctrine of tort law: a person who is confronted with a sudden and unexpected perilous situation

vagueness doctrine

vagueness doctrine : void-for-vagueness doctrine

Doctrine of basic structure

Doctrine of basic structure, the doctrine of 'a basic structure' was nothing more than a set of obvious inferences

Doctrine severability

Doctrine severability, the main test to determine severability are (i) whether the part pronounced valid can stand along and

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