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Ad seriatim

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-000348

Describing the practice of judges in a multi-member court delivering their individual opinions one after another, in a series. This contrasts with the modern convention of issuing a single majority opinion for the court, which may be accompanied by separate concurring or dissenting opinions. The U.S. Supreme Court largely abandoned the ad seriatim practice in the early 19th century under Chief Justice John Marshall.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-000348
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Ad seriatim",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Describing the practice of judges in a multi-member court delivering their individual opinions one after another, in a series. This contrasts with the modern convention of issuing a single majority opinion for the court, which may be accompanied by separate concurring or dissenting opinions. The U.S. Supreme Court largely abandoned the ad seriatim practice in the early 19th century under Chief Justice John Marshall.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/ad-seriatim/"
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Record 112 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.