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legal doctrine (A legal doctrine is a framework, set of rules, procedural steps, or test, often established through precedent in the common law, through which judgments can be determined in a given legal case. A doctrine comes about when a judge makes a ruling where a process is outlined and applied, and allows for it to be equally applied to like cases. When enough judges make use of the process soon enough it becomes established as the de facto method of deciding like situations. WK Alexander Demidov); doctrine (A legal rule, tenet, theory, or principle. A political policy. Examples of common legal doctrines include the clean hands doctrine, the doctrine of false demonstration, and the doctrine of merger. West's Encyclopedia of American Law, edition 2. Copyright 2008 Alexander Demidov) |
