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Holding

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-005358

The core legal principle or rule of law that a court applies to resolve the primary issue in a case. It is the specific answer to the legal question presented by the facts of the case and is binding on lower courts within the same jurisdiction. The holding is distinct from dicta, which are incidental statements made by the court that are not binding precedent.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-005358
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "term": "Holding",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "The core legal principle or rule of law that a court applies to resolve the primary issue in a case. It is the specific answer to the legal question presented by the facts of the case and is binding on lower courts within the same jurisdiction. The holding is distinct from dicta, which are incidental statements made by the court that are not binding precedent.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/holding/"
}

Record 2,355 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.