stare decisis

(noun)

A legal principle by which judges are obliged to respect the precedents established by prior decisions.

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Examples of stare decisis in the following topics:

  • Battles in the Courts and Congress

    • However, general adherence to the principle of stare decisis, along with minority support, left most of the major landmark case decisions (such as Brown, Miranda, and Roe v.

  • The Anglican Class

    • They complained that the people were sleeping, whispering, ogling the fashionably dressed women, walking about, coming and going, or at best looking out the windows or staring blankly into space.