A legal doctrine which requires lower courts to follow the precedents set by previous courts ( return).
The doctrine that, when a court has once laid down a principle of law applicable to a certain set of facts, it will adhere to that principle and apply it to future cases where the facts are substantially the same. This is a defining characteristic of the common law system followed in the U.S., Great Britain, and a few other nations.
The tradition of the court of following a past judicial decision from an equal or superior court in cases where there is no law in affect. Pg. 230/231.
Latin for "let the decision stand." The ideas that previously decided Supreme Court cases set binding precedents that are considered law.
The doctrine requiring that judges apply the same principles to currentlawsuits as were been used in prior similar cases.
The doctrine that decisions should stand as precedents for guidance in future cases.
Legal principle stating that previous decisions (precedent) should be considered by the courts.
This is a Latin term meaning "to stand by a decision." This means the court is bound by the precedents set by other courts.
doctrine that compels a court to build on precedent, letting previous decisions stand.
"let the decision stand," the principle of adherence to precedent in similar subsequent decisions.
The legal doctrine by which previous judicial decisions must be followed. It is a policy and not a binding unalterable rule. The Supreme Court has occasionally refused to follow its own previous decisions but will only do so for the most compelling reasons.
Latin phrase, (similar to Judicial Precedent), meaning ‘stand by preceding decisions'.
a Latin term meaning " to abide by decided cases"; this principle of the common law requires judges to apply previous binding decisions of their own court or any higher court;
Literally "let the decision stand." General practice followed by the Supreme Court of adhering to previous decisions when it makes new ones.
(sta're de-si'sis) - A doctrine that, when a court has once laid down a principle of law as applicable to a certain set of facts, it will adhere to that principle and apply it to future cases where the facts are substantially the same.
To stand by decided cases. To follow precedent.
Policy of the courts to not overturn precedents; adherence to precedents.
(STEHR ee dih SYE sis) Doctrine that courts will follow principles of law laid down in previous cases. Compare precedent.
to abide by or adhere to decided cases policy of courts to stand by previous court decisions and not disturb a settled point
the policy of courts to stand by precedent.
The legal doctrine that past decisions of the courts stand as precedents for future decisions.
A Latin term meaning "to stand by that which is decided." It refers to the principle of adhering to precedent when deciding a case.
The reliance of courts on previous decisions when judging disputes. (See common law)
Latin for "to stand by things decided." Stare decisis is essentially the doctrine of precedent. Courts cite to stare decisis when an issue has been previously brought to the court and a ruling already issued. Generally, courts will adhere to the previous ruling, though this is not universally true. See, e.g., Planned Parenthood of Southeastern Pennsylvania v. Casey, 505 US 833 (1992).
The doctrine that a court, subject to certain exceptions, is bound to follow a precedent set in previously decided cases on the same or closely related points.
A basic principle of the law whereby once a decision (a precedent) on a certain set of facts has been made, the courts will apply that decision in cases which subsequently come before it embodying the same set of facts. A precedent which is binding; must be followed.
Latin for "let the decision stand," a doctrine requiring that judges apply the same reasoning to lawsuits as has been used in prior similar cases.
Stare decisis (Latin: , Anglicisation: , "to stand by things decided") is a Latin legal term, used in common law to express the notion that prior court decisions must be recognized as precedents, according to case law. More fully, the legal term is "stare decisis et non quieta movere" meaning "stand by decisions and do not move that which is quiet" (the phrase "quieta non movere" is itself a famous maxim akin to "let sleeping dogs lie").