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First impression

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-002138

A legal issue or question that has not previously been decided by a particular court or jurisdiction. When a court addresses a case of first impression, it must look to analogous cases, legal principles, and public policy to formulate a ruling. Such decisions often establish new precedents for future cases.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-002138
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-002138",
  "term": "First impression",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "A legal issue or question that has not previously been decided by a particular court or jurisdiction. When a court addresses a case of first impression, it must look to analogous cases, legal principles, and public policy to formulate a ruling. Such decisions often establish new precedents for future cases.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/first-impression/"
}

Record 2,045 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.