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conceptualisation

the act of formulating or making a concept of something

U.S. Courts from questioning the validity of a foreign country's sovereign acts within its own territory; as originally formulated by the U.S. Supreme Court in 1897, the doctrine provides that Courts of one country will not sit

policy

policy pl: -cies : an overall plan, principle, or guideline ;esp : one formulated outside of the judiciary [obligated to consider legislative on the matter in their decision] n pl: -cies :

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constitutional

to a constitution [a monarchy] 3 : of, relating to, or dealing with a constitution or its interpretation, formulation, or amendment [a convention] [ lawyers] con·sti·tu·tion·al·ly adv

convention

a common purpose ;esp : a meeting of the delegates of a political party for the purpose of formulating a platform and selecting candidates for office

ex post facto

afterward] : after the fact : retroactively [cannot judge ex post facto] adj 1 : done, made, or formulated after the fact : retroactive 2 : of or relating to an ex post facto law [the chief

frame

frame framed fram·ing 1 : to formulate the contents of and draw up (as a document) [in the two hundred years since our Constitution was

hand down

of an appellate court) to the proper office of an inferior court 2 : to make an official formulation of and announce (the decision of a court)

Inchmaree clause

Inchmaree clause [after Inchmaree, a British steamer whose 1884 sinking in Liverpool harbor resulted in its formulation] : a clause in a marine insurance policy that covers damage or loss caused by the negligence of

judicial restraint

judicial restraint : a refraining in the judiciary from departure from precedent and the formulation of broad doctrine compare judicial activism

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