: (stah-ree duh-sigh-sis) n. Latin for "to stand by a decision," the doctrine that a trial court is bound by appellate court decisions (precedents) on a legal question which is raised in the lower court. Reliance on such precedents is required of trial courts until such time as an appellate court changes the rule, for the trial court cannot ignore ...
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The doctrine that courts will follow principles of law laid down in previous cases. Similar to precedent.
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(Latin: `let the decision stand`), in Anglo-American law, principle that a question once considered by a court and answered must elicit the same ... [1 related articles]
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The legal principle that precedents are binding on similar subsequent cases; the basis of the common law system.
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(n) Doctrine of Stare Decisis stands for the liability of the lower court to abide by the decisions taken by the appellant court on issues raised in the lower court irrespective of whether the trail judge believe otherwise. The trial court has to wait for another order to change its stand.
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Lat. "to stand by that which is decided." The principal that the precedent decisions are to be followed by the courts. To abide or adhere to decided cases. It is a general maxim that when a point has been settled by decision, it forms a precedent which is not afterwards to be departed from. The doctrine of stare decisis is not always to be relied.....
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uphold previous ruling/decision - apply precedent
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the doctrine that rules or principles of law on which a court rested a previous decision are authoritative in all future cases in which the facts are substantially the same.
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