| 词汇 | on all fours |
| 释义 | `1`on all fours`2` "LAW.COM Dictionary": adj. a reference to a lawsuit in which all the legal issues are identical (or so close as to make no difference) to another case, particularly an appeals decision which is a precedent in deciding the suit before the court. Thus, an attorney will argue that the prior case of, for example, Steele v. Merritt is "on all fours" with the case before the court, and so the court must reach the same conclusion. See also: precedent |
| 随便看 |
|
英汉汉英法律词典收录144709条英汉法律翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用法律英语单词的释义及例句，是法律专业英语学习的有利工具。