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02:07 Sep 3, 2008 |
Portuguese to English translations [PRO] Law/Patents - Law (general) / court judgment | |||||||
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4 +1 | Higher court decision |
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4 | Full-bench decision; en banc/in banc appellate committee ruling |
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Higher court decision Explanation: This is basically what an "acórdão" is: a collegiate decision taken by a higher court. The word comes from Portuguese "acordam os desembargadores ..." (the members of the court agree on ,,,) Exemples from UK sites: Precedent and Analogy in Legal Reasoning (Stanford Encyclopedia of ... - The lower court is ‘strictly’ bound because it has no power to overrule the higher court's decision. Equally, most appeal courts are bound by their own ... www.seop.leeds.ac.uk/entries/legal-reas-prec/ Rating manual - Volume 2 - Section 4 - Appendix 3: Effective dates ... Correction in consequence of a VT/LT/Higher Court decision in respect of another hereditament. Date of Event. Correction of effective date of earlier ... www.voa.gov.uk/instructions/chapters/rating_manual/vol2/sec... |
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Full-bench decision; en banc/in banc appellate committee ruling Explanation: US = en banc. E& W = in banc sitting of judges prior to the Judicature Acts 1873-75. Example sentence(s):
Reference: http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3655/is_199701/ai_n8... Reference: http://www.dir.ca.gov/WCAB/En_banc_Miceli/2006-EB-2.pdf |
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