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De Novo

March 17, 2017 by: Content Team

The Latin term de novo is used in the U.S. legal system to refer to something that is started over from the beginning, or from the new. For instance, an appellate court might review all of the facts of a trial, and order the court to hear the case again – without referring to any of the prior assumptions or […]

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