second look doctrine

second-look doctrine.

1. WAIT-AND-SEE PRINCIPLE.

2. An approach that courts use to monitor the continuing effectiveness or validity of an earlier order. • For example, a family court may reconsider a waiver of alimony, and a federal court may reconsider a law that Congress has passed a second time after the first law was struck down as unconstitutional.

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