Usually means: Adherence to previous judicial decisions.
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General (6 matching dictionaries)
  1. stare decisis: Merriam-Webster
  2. stare decisis: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. stare decisis: Wiktionary
  4. stare decisis: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. stare decisis: Dictionary.com
  6. Stare decisis: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Business (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. stare decisis: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. Duhaime's Canadian law dictionary (No longer online)
  3. stare decisis: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. THE 'LECTRIC LAW LIBRARY'S REFERENCE ROOM (No longer online)
  6. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  7. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  8. Nelson Political Science Glossary (No longer online)
  9. International Law Dictionary (No longer online)
  10. stare decisis: Legal dictionary
  11. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stare decisis: Encyclopedia

Miscellaneous (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Political (No longer online)
  2. stare decisis: Wordcraft Dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. stare decisis: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (stare decisis)

noun:  (law) The principle of following judicial precedent.

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