Precedent is a principle or rule established in a legal case that becomes authoritative to a court or other tribunal when deciding subsequent cases with...

A legal doctrine is a framework, set of rules, procedural steps, or test, often established through precedent in the common law, through which judgments...

edition 1000 Greatest Moments In Pop Culture 1974-2011. His legal case is also a precedent-setter for the ability of transgender people to exercise their...

should be interpreted, they reinforce, change, establish, or overturn legal precedent. If a court decides that an opinion should be published, the opinion...

court ruled that Burmese are not white based on common knowledge and legal precedent. Moreover, courts ruled Filipinos as not white in the following cases:...

common law is that it arises as precedent. Common law courts look to the past decisions of courts to synthesize the legal principles of past cases. Stare...

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(rather than legal precedents, as in common law) are considered legally binding. Scholars of comparative law and economists promoting the legal origins theory...

sexual contact was exposed. The Jones lawsuit also led to a landmark legal precedent by the U.S. Supreme Court which ruled that a sitting U.S. president...

times. In particular, they reject taqlid (following legal precedent) and favor ijtihad (independent legal reasoning) based on the scriptures. The movement's...

basis of his religion. However, subsequent legal developments and cases have challenged this precedent's validity. Larry Hardison was an employee at...

is one of the three legal systems of the United Kingdom. Scots law recognises four sources of law: legislation, legal precedent, specific academic writings...

unilaterally declared Republic of Somaliland, which regards itself as its legal successor. It existed on the territory of former British Somaliland for...

Chaplin, Chaplin v. Amador, 93 Cal. App. 358 (1928), set an important legal precedent—that a performer's persona and style, in this case Chaplin's "particular...

the methodology of legal precedent and reasoning by analogy (Qiyas) are similar in both the Islamic and common law systems. Other legal scholars such as...

faculty in finding a solution to a legal question. It is contrasted with taqlid (imitation, conformity to legal precedent). According to classical Sunni theory...

or established by judges through precedent, usually in common law jurisdictions. Private individuals may create legally binding contracts, including arbitration...

school rejected the dependence on local traditions as the source of legal precedent and rebuffed the Ahl al-Ra'y (personal opinion) and the Istiḥsān (juristic...

variety of alternative solutions. Even when a prior legal decision does not create a binding precedent, the text of the court's opinion may still help lawyers...

In case law, a test case is a legal action whose purpose is to set a precedent. Test cases are brought to court as a means to provide a clearer definition...

common law and thereby granted federal courts the power to formulate legal precedent like their English predecessors. Federal courts are solely creatures...

A number of Latin terms are used in legal terminology and legal maxims. This is a partial list of these terms, which are wholly or substantially drawn...

recognising prior court decisions as legally binding precedent. Historically, a civil law is the group of legal ideas and systems ultimately derived from...

represented by Joseph P. Cataldo and Cory Madera. As there was limited legal precedent for prosecuting the encouragement of suicide, Cataldo initially asked...

long-running Penn–Calvert boundary dispute. The case is important both as a legal precedent under English law (in relation to the extent to which the English courts...

Horse" or "White Pony" cases in Texas. A legal rule can be "clearly established" without commanding precedent existing. For example, in the United States...

of presidential immunity were not supported by the Constitution or legal precedent. On December 1, 2023, judge Tanya Chutkan rejected Trump's claims of...

the passage of the Hindu Code Bills and the establishment of notable legal precedents). With the formal independence of India from Great Britain on August...

separate dispute, PETA tried to use the monkey selfies to establish a legal precedent that animals should be declared copyright holders. Slater had published...

support, or training for a focus area. Due to its broad usage and vague legal precedent, a "center of excellence", in one context, may have completely different...