rule of decision

rule of decision
rule of decision: something (as a law, rule of law, body of law, or prior decision) that governs a decision or adjudication
a claim or defense as to which State law supplies the rule of decisionFederal Rules of Evidence Rule 302

Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. . 1996.

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