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May 31, 2023 at 21:37 answer added ohwilleke timeline score: 4
May 31, 2023 at 16:13 comment added TCooper While answers from all over the world are a great part of this site, adding a country tag may help you find the information you're interested in - assuming you're looking for one country's laws specifically.
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May 30, 2023 at 23:32 comment added Ethan @phoog I believe any court can set a precedent. The only stipulation to this is that following the hierarchy of the court system, precedent must be followed only when set by a higher or equivalent court. Similarly, only I higher court can overturn a courts precedent.
May 30, 2023 at 23:21 answer added Dale M timeline score: 4
May 30, 2023 at 23:11 comment added phoog @gnasher729 are you confusing precedence with preference? Precedence is the relative order of things, usually by importance. It is not a particularly important concept in law. 99 times out of 100, or more, when someone uses "precedence" in connection with "court," they mean "precedent."
May 30, 2023 at 22:57 comment added gnasher729 @phoog Precedence is not the same as precedent. “Precedence” is something that you prefer. “Precedent” is a previous court ruling that a judge should take into account.
May 30, 2023 at 22:24 comment added phoog @Questor trial courts do not create precedent.
May 30, 2023 at 21:47 answer added Jen timeline score: 6
May 30, 2023 at 21:40 comment added Questor Was he found innocent by reason of temporary insanity... Or was he found innocent by reason of "we won't find a jury that will convict him... I wouldn't" and temporary insanity was chosen to not provide a precedence in favor of vigilantism? Food for thought.
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