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Persuasive authority

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-003741

Sources of law or legal reasoning that a court may consult for guidance but is not obligated to follow when making a decision. This includes court decisions from other jurisdictions, legal treatises, law review articles, and dissenting opinions. Unlike mandatory authority, which a court must apply, persuasive authority is used to influence or support a judicial ruling when no binding precedent exists.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-003741
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-003741",
  "term": "Persuasive authority",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "Sources of law or legal reasoning that a court may consult for guidance but is not obligated to follow when making a decision. This includes court decisions from other jurisdictions, legal treatises, law review articles, and dissenting opinions. Unlike mandatory authority, which a court must apply, persuasive authority is used to influence or support a judicial ruling when no binding precedent exists.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/persuasive-authority/"
}

Record 3,752 of 5,445 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.