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''Law''.   
''Law''.   
Latin for 'let the decision stand,' a doctrine requiring that judges apply the same reasoning to cases as has been used in prior similar cases.
 
Latin for 'let the decision stand'
 
Doctrine requiring that judges apply the same reasoning to cases as has been used in prior similar cases.
 


== See also ==
== See also ==
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* [[Common law]]
* [[Common law]]
* [[Judicial precedent]]
* [[Judicial precedent]]


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Latest revision as of 09:27, 20 August 2013

Law.

Latin for 'let the decision stand'.

Doctrine requiring that judges apply the same reasoning to cases as has been used in prior similar cases.


See also