Search results for: “washington and lee school of law”
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Black Letter Law
Old, fundamental, well settled legal principles free from dispute or doubt. …
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Slip Law
A slip law is an unbound pamphlet that contains the text of an individual statute (both public and private) enacted by a legislature. Slip laws are the first form of a statute and usually appear shortly after enactment…
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Restatements Of Law
Restatements are influential treatises published by the American Law Institute which describe law in a given area and guide in the development of that law. Restatements, though frequently cited in cases, are not binding in a curt unless it has been officially adopted as law by jurisdictions […]
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Session Laws
Compilations of all slip laws (public, private, special, permanent, and temporary) enacted by a legislature during a legislative session. Session laws are the full text of the law published in chronological order by the date passed….
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Decision
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Decision Meaning of Decision A judgment or decree or order pronounced by a court in settlement of a controversy submitted to it. Act of deciding or settling a dispute or question by giving the judgment; […]
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Opinion
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Opinion Meaning of Opinion A conclusion or belief held with confidence , after analysis of the facts and the law relating to a matter. Frequently the term is synonymous with judgment . <div […]
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Official
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Official Meaning of Official A person who holds an office . proceeding from, sanctioned by or done by an officer , pertaining to an office. Official Alternative […]
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Et Seq
(Lat. et sequentia, and following). Ordinarily used with a reference to the first of several consecutive pages or chapters desired to be cited, as page 246 et seq. …
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Et Seq
(Lat. et sequentia, and following). Ordinarily used with a reference to the first of several consecutive pages or chapters desired to be cited, as page 246 et seq. …
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Precedent
A judgment or decision of a court of law considered as an authority for deciding a similar state of facts in the same manner or on the same principles, or by analogy. Under the doctrine of stare decisis, decided cases which lay down a rule of law are authoritative and must be followed. In […]
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Precedent
A judgment or decision of a court of law considered as an authority for deciding a similar state of facts in the same manner or on the same principles, or by analogy. Under the doctrine of stare decisis, decided cases which lay down a rule of law are authoritative and must be followed. In […]
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Reporter
One who reports the decisions upon question of law in the cases adjudged in courts.
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Case
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Case Meaning of Case A general term having many meanings, depending on the context. May mean a cause in a suit, or action or trial commenced or pending in a court of law. Also the evidence and the […]