Precedent - Law Dictionary Search Results
rule of law
the facts of an appropriate case [adopting the rule of law that is most persuasive in light of precedent, reason and policy "Wright v. Wright, 904 P.2d 403 (1995)"] 2 : government by law : adherence to
reversion
left in a grantor or his or her successor in interest that is not subject to a condition precedent compare possibility of reverter, remainder re·ver·sion·ary [-zhə-ner-ē] adj
recognize
1 : to acknowledge formally: as a : to admit as being of a particular status [ a precedent] [ a union] ;specif : to acknowledge (as a right, cause of action, or defense) as valid b
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question
that is submitted by the federal court to the state's highest court when there is no controlling state precedent 2 : a question of law submitted to a federal or state court by a lower court or
overrule
set aside reverse [the appeals court overruled the trial court's decision] b : to set aside as a precedent or guide [did not intend to overrule prior jurisprudence in that area] [refused to overrule the landmark case]
Beer
premises where sold-commonly called beershops, by requiring that the keeper of a beerhouse should obtain as a condition precedent to his excise license a certificate of good character, signed by six rate payers not engaged in the
judicial restraint
judicial restraint : a refraining in the judiciary from departure from precedent and the formulation of broad doctrine compare judicial activism
judicial activism
: the practice in the judiciary of protecting or expanding individual rights through decisions that depart from established precedent or are independent of or in opposition to supposed constitutional or legislative intent compare judicial restraint
govern
assets are ed by will substitutes "W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al."] 3 : to serve as a precedent or deciding principle for [the law ing bills of lading] [United States v. Leon s the case at
follow
follow : to be in accordance with (a prior decision) : accept as authoritative see also precedent compare overrule
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