stare decisis
English
Etymology
From the Latin stāre (“to stand; to stay, to remain”) + dēcīsīs (ablative plural of dēcīsus, from dēcīdō (“I sever, I decide”); literally "to stand by decided matters".
Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: stârʹē dĭ.sīʹsĭs, IPA(key): /ˈstɛɹi dɪˈsaɪsɪs/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈstɛəɹi dɪˈsaɪsɪs/
Noun
stare decisis (uncountable)
- (law) The principle of following judicial precedent.
- 2006, Saul Brenner; Harold J. Spaeth, Stare Indecisis: The Alteration of Precedent on the Supreme Court, 1946-1992, Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 3:
- Similarly, Walter F. Murphy, a student of judicial politics, noted that stare decisis provides the “harried judges who face difficult choices with a welcome decision-making crutch.”
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Translations
principle of following judicial precedent
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Further reading
- precedent on Wikipedia.Wikipedia