LEGAL WORD
Judicial restraint
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Judicial restraint
- Type: Legal term
- Area of law: Judiciary
1 What it means
Courts deferring to the legislature and executive on policy matters.
2 Use it in a sentence
On economic policy, the court exercised judicial restraint.
3 Make it stick
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