Principle

 APPELLATE PRACTICE — Question of Law — Meaning — Three Different Meanings

Area of law
APPELLATE PRACTICE
Court
Supreme Court

A "question of law" has three meanings: (1) a question the court must answer by applying a fixed legal rule (no discretion); (2) a question about what the law is (interpretation of statutes or precedents); (3) a question that falls within the exclusive province of…

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