stare decisis

名词 n.
/ˈstɛə̯ɹ.i dɪˈsaɪ̯.sɪs/    /ˈstɛə̯ɹ.i dɪˈsaɪ̯.sɪs/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The principle of following judicial precedent. uncountable
    — 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.”

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin stāre dēcīsīs, from stāre (“to stand; to stay, to remain”) + dēcīsīs, ablative plural of dēcīsus, from dēcidere (“to sever, to decide”). Literally, “to stand by decided matters”.
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