English Explanatory Dictionary

abstention doctrine

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

abstention doctrine abstention doctrines
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