borrowed statutes doctrine

borrowed-statutes doctrine. The principle that if one state adopts a statute identical to that of another state, any settled judicial construction of that statute by the courts of the other state is binding on the courts of the state that later enacts the statute. [Cases: Courts 95(2); Statutes 226. C.J.S. Courts § 157; Statutes §§ 358–361.]

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词条贡献者

译者筠怡，毕业于法国顶尖的高级翻译学院，擅长翻译各种与产品责任与集体侵权诉讼相关的法律文件。