Depublish
verb
verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Verb
- 1 To remove legal opinions from the record such that they can no longer be used as precedent. California
"[…] the California Supreme Court declined either to depublish or accept the case for review even though it received extensive amicus briefs in support of United California Bank's petition from six leading California banks […]"
Example
More examples"[…] the California Supreme Court declined either to depublish or accept the case for review even though it received extensive amicus briefs in support of United California Bank's petition from six leading California banks […]"
Etymology
From de- + publish.
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