A framework, set of rules, procedural steps, or test, often established through precedentThe doctrine by which courts are obliged to follow past decisions. More (q.v.) in the common lawThe part of English law traditionally based on common custom and being unwritten. Law which is not equity (q.v.), statute (q.v.), ecclesiastical (church), or civil (i.e. Roman). More (q.v.), through which judgements can be determined in a given legal case.
See common lawThe part of English law traditionally based on common custom and being unwritten. Law which is not equity (q.v.), statute (q.v.), ecclesiastical (church), or civil (i.e. Roman). More.
See precedentThe doctrine by which courts are obliged to follow past decisions. More.