mandatory authority

mandatory authority
Precedents, in the form of prior decisions by a higher court of the same state on point, statutes, or other sources of law that must be considered by a judge in the determination of a legal controversy.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


mandatory authority
Precedents, in the form of prior decisions by a higher court of the same state on point, statutes, or other sources of law that must be considered by a judge in the determination of a legal controversy.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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