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A rule under which a federal court in the United States will decline to exercise jurisdiction over a lawsuit because the suit could or should instead be heard by a state court.
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abstention doctrine — n. A policy that allows federal courts to relinquish jurisdiction over a matter and allow a state court to decide a federal constitutional question or a matter of state law. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of… … Law dictionary
abstention doctrine — Doctrine of abstention permits a federal court, in the exercise of its discretion, to relinquish jurisdiction where necessary to avoid needless conflict with the administration by a state of its own affairs. Surowitz v. New York City Emp.… … Black's law dictionary
abstention doctrine — Doctrine of abstention permits a federal court, in the exercise of its discretion, to relinquish jurisdiction where necessary to avoid needless conflict with the administration by a state of its own affairs. Surowitz v. New York City Emp.… … Black's law dictionary
Abstention doctrine — United States Federal Civil Procedure Doctrines Justiciability Advisory … Wikipedia
doctrine — doc·trine / däk trən/ n: a principle established through judicial decisions compare law, precedent doc·tri·nal / trə nəl/ adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster … Law dictionary
Abstention (disambiguation) — Abstention or abstaining is refusing to vote in an election or in a parliamentary vote. It may also refer to: *abstentionism, standing for election to an assembly while boycotting the assembly itself *abstention doctrine, applied by a court… … Wikipedia
equitable abstention doctrine — A court may refrain from exercising jurisdiction which it possesses in the interest of comity between courts and between states as in the case of actions involving the affairs of a foreign corporation or foreign land. Doctrine also applies to… … Black's law dictionary
equitable abstention doctrine — A court may refrain from exercising jurisdiction which it possesses in the interest of comity between courts and between states as in the case of actions involving the affairs of a foreign corporation or foreign land. Doctrine also applies to… … Black's law dictionary
doctrine — A rule, principle, theory, or tenet of the law; as, e.g. Abstention doctrine; Clean hands doctrine, etc … Black's law dictionary
doctrine — A rule, principle, theory, or tenet of the law; as, e.g. Abstention doctrine; Clean hands doctrine, etc … Black's law dictionary
