Legal Definition and Related Resources of Advisory Opinion

One which adjudicates nothing and binds no-one.

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United States Constitutional Meaning of Advisory Opinion

A judicial opinion on a question of law, rendered without deciding the rights of parties to an adversary proceeding. In the federal courts, advisory opinions are barred by the “case or controversy” requirement.

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What does Advisory opinion mean in American Law?

The definition of Advisory opinion in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:

In some states there is a procedure whereby a governmental body, ordinarily the legislature but sometimes the executive, can frame a question of law (usually pertaining to the constitutionality or legal propriety of a contemplated statute) and submit it to the state’s highest court for determination and reply. The U.S. Supreme Court, relying on the “case and controversy” language of Article III, § 2, of the Constitution, decided early that it could not give advisory opinions.

Advisory Opinion in the law of the United States

Advisory Opinion: Related U.S. Resources

• Advisory Opinion in the American Law Encyclopedia
• Civil Judicial Process Keywords in the U.S. Legal Corpus
• Civil Process Topics in the United States Legal Dictionary

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Controversy (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia) Declaratory Judgment (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia) Legislative Court (in the U.S. Legal Encyclopedia).

A decision, as by the icj, stating a legal opinion on an issue but without litigants actually bringing a contentious case before the court. it is theoretically a moot action by a court but may, nonetheless, set norms.

A decision, as by the icj, stating a legal opinion on an issue but without litigants actually bringing a contentious case before the court. it is theoretically a moot action by a court but may, nonetheless, set norms.

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