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Audit
Insurance Co., Ltd., 1925 Ch 407, the duties of auditors were fully discussed, though this case has been overruled in part bys. 152. Auditors may not be protected by Articles against liability for loss except by their
citator
law showing their subsequent history (as of being cited in other cases) and status (as in having been overruled by another case) see also shepardize
sub silentio
sub silentio [Latin] : under or in silence : without notice being taken or without making a particular point of the matter in question [overruled sub silentio this court's holding in Collora "State v. Olsen, 498...
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set aside
1 : to disagree with and overturn (a decision or act of a lower tribunal) upon review : overrule vacate [set aside the decree] 2 : to deprive of legal effect or force : annul void [may
precedent
precedent is from another jurisdiction (as another state's supreme court), it is considered only persuasive. Precedents may be overruled esp. by the same court that originally rendered the decision.
follow
follow : to be in accordance with (a prior decision) : accept as authoritative see also precedent compare overrule
attack
will as not properly witnessed] ;specif : an attempt to have the judgment of a court corrected or overruled collateral attack : an attack on a judgment made during or by a proceeding brought for a different
Special Act of Parliament
particular railway to be constructed, or otherwise dealing with a particular area or person only, and therefore not overruled by the general terms of a general Act. See Taylor v. Oldham Corporation, (1876) 4 Ch D 410.
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