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Shepardize

Term · Law · MLC-T-LAW-004529

To use Shepard's citations or a similar citator service to determine the precedential value and subsequent history of a legal authority, such as a case or statute. This process involves checking if the authority has been affirmed, reversed, modified, or cited by later legal decisions. The practice is a standard step in legal research to confirm the validity of legal precedent.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-LAW-004529
FieldLaw
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-LAW-004529",
  "term": "Shepardize",
  "field": "Law",
  "definition": "To use Shepard's citations or a similar citator service to determine the precedential value and subsequent history of a legal authority, such as a case or statute. This process involves checking if the authority has been affirmed, reversed, modified, or cited by later legal decisions. The practice is a standard step in legal research to confirm the validity of legal precedent.",
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/law/shepardize/"
}

Record 4,610 of 5,439 in Law terminology (MLC-0107). Request the full dataset.