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Authority

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005308

The body of law, including statutes, regulations, and prior court decisions (precedent), that a court relies upon to justify its legal reasoning and rulings. Authority is categorized as either mandatory (binding) or persuasive. A lower court is bound by the mandatory authority of higher courts within its jurisdiction, whereas persuasive authority from other jurisdictions can be considered but is not controlling.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005308
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "definition": "The body of law, including statutes, regulations, and prior court decisions (precedent), that a court relies upon to justify its legal reasoning and rulings. Authority is categorized as either mandatory (binding) or persuasive. A lower court is bound by the mandatory authority of higher courts within its jurisdiction, whereas persuasive authority from other jurisdictions can be considered but is not controlling.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/authority/"
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Record 420 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.