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Cabinet
body within the Council of Ministers which is responsible for formulating the policy of the Government. The Council of Ministers is
Wharton's Rule
Rule [after Francis Wharton (1820-89), American lawyer and author, who formulated it] : a rule that prohibits the prosecution of two
Act of State doctrine
foreign country's sovereign acts within its own territory; as originally formulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1897, the doctrine provides
policy
: an overall plan, principle, or guideline ;esp : one formulated outside of the judiciary [obligated to consider legislative on the
constitutional
relating to, or dealing with a constitution or its interpretation, formulation, or amendment [a convention] [ lawyers] con·sti·tu·tion·al·ly adv
convention
the delegates of a political party for the purpose of formulating a platform and selecting candidates for office
ex post facto
judge ex post facto] adj 1 : done, made, or formulated after the fact : retroactive 2 : of or relating
hand down
of an inferior court 2 : to make an official formulation of and announce (the decision of a court)
Inchmaree clause
steamer whose 1884 sinking in Liverpool harbor resulted in its formulation] : a clause in a marine insurance policy that covers
judicial restraint
refraining in the judiciary from departure from precedent and the formulation of broad doctrine compare judicial activism
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