LEGAL WORD
Prospective overruling
Doctrine · Jurisprudence
Prospective overruling
- Type: Doctrine
- Area of law: Jurisprudence
1 What it means
Overruling a precedent only for the future, so past transactions are not disturbed.
2 Use it in a sentence
The court applied its new rule prospectively.
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