Thibodeaux Abstention - Law Dictionary Search Results
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abstention
abstention : the staying of the exercise of federal jurisdiction in a case that involves a question of state law or policy which the federal court prefers to have resolved by a state court or agency Bur·ford abstention [bər-fərd-] : an abstention grounded on the involvement in the federal case of a challenge to the exercise of a usually complex state administrative function Col·o·ra·do Riv·er abstention [kÄ -lə-ra-dō-, -rÄ -] : an abstention grounded esp. on the involvement in the federal case of questions of state concern that are also at issue in a parallel case in state court Pull·man abstention [pl-mən-] : an abstention grounded on the involvement in the federal case of the interpretation of an ambiguously worded state law whose constitutionality would have to be determined by the federal court NOTE: A party to a case subjected to a Pullman abstention may reserve the right to return to federal court once the st...
Burford abstention
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Colorado River abstention
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Pullman abstention
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Younger abstention
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Abstention
Abstention, The act of withholding or keeping back (Something or oneself), Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., keeping an heir from possession; also, tacit renunciation of a succession by an heir, French Law....
abstain
abstain : to refrain from exercising federal jurisdiction over a case : cause an abstention ...
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