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Meaning of question of law | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. An issue to be decided by the judge, concerning the application or interpretation of the law.
  2. A question that the law itself has authoritatively answered, so that the court may not answer it as a matter of discretion.
  3. An issue about what the law is on a particular point; an issue in which the parties argue about, and the court must decide, what the true rule of law is.
  4. An issue that, although it may turn on a factual point, is reserved for the court and excluded from the jury; an issue that is exclusively within the province of the judge and not the jury.

CEFR level

C1
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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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