rule of decision

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A legal authority (e.g., a statute or judicial precedent) that governs the resolution of a particular case.
    — We have made efforts to think through a fair number of the issues, and we have written about two of the most likely issues that the Court will address and which may resolve the case: (i) that Griffin's Case (1869) provides the rule of decision, that is, Section 3 necessitates federal enforcement legislation; and (ii) that the President is not an "Officer of the United States."

词形变化

rules of decision plural
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