Precedents cases a case previously decided that serves as a legal guide for the resolution of subsequent cases.
That depends entirely on which precedents are in question.
Precedents cases a case previously decided that serves as a legal guide for the resolution of subsequent cases.
Precedents are the decisions in cases in the PAST. These past cases are used and applied to cases in the courts to provide certainty and consistency in the system of law and justice (no matter what legal system this is regarding).
Case law is based on the precedents and and legal principles applied by other courts in previous cases.
The doctrine of stare decisis.
They are called precedents. If the decision was made by a court with jurisdiction over a lower court, they are called binding precedents because the lower court is required to apply the same reasoning in similar cases under the doctrine of stare decisis.
Precedents
A precedent is when the outcome of a case helps set the rules for future cases. A judge doesnâ??t have to use a precedent in the ruling, but precedents can be used to predict how a case will turn out.
The decisions are called precedents. Precedents are used as a guide by future court cases with similar fact patterns.
They are called "precedents of law" and affect how similar present or future cases are decided.
Administrative Adjudication! answer from "We the People" gov II textbook
To show that other cases with similar circumstances came to a similar decision
The noun litigation can refer to one case or many. Cases that are used to support later rulings are called precedents.