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collateral review

collateral review noun: a legal avenue to upset a judgment that has otherwise become final.

Noun

collateral review

  1. A legal avenue to upset a judgment that has otherwise become final.
    • In the wake of Miller, the Mississippi Supreme Court concluded that Miller applied retroactively on state collateral review.2021, Jones v. Mississippi (U.S. Supreme Court No. 18–1259), Justice Kavanaugh

Questions about collateral review

What does collateral review mean?
Collateral review means a legal avenue to upset a judgment that has otherwise become final.
What part of speech is collateral review?
Collateral review is a noun.

Words near collateral review in the dictionary

  1. collateral estoppel
  2. collateral form
  3. collateral forms
  4. collateral material
  5. collateral materials
  6. collateral review
  7. collateral science
  8. collateral sciences
  9. collateral securities
  10. collateral security
  11. collateral vein

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