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Word of the Month for August 2019: Stare Decisis

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According to Black's Law Dictionary, STARE DECISIS means: Latin: To stand by things decided. The doctrine of precedent, under which a court must follow earlier judicial decisions when the same points arise again in litigation. In the early 1960s, the Governor of Maryland appointed Roy Torcaso as a notary public.