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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
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.”
Translations
principle of following judicial precedent
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 遵循先例 (zūnxún xiānlì)
- Finnish: ennakkotapausoppi
- French: please add this translation if you can
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