Sub silentio
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Sub silentio is legal latin meaning "under silence." It is often used as a reference to something that is implied but not expressly stated. Commonly, the term is used to when a court overrules the holding of a case without specifically stating it is doing so.[1]
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Etymology: Latin
- under or in silence : without notice being taken or without making a particular point of the matter in question sub silentio this court's holding in Collora — State v. Olsen , 498 North Western Reporter, Second Series 661 (1993)>
References:
- ^ Adkins v. Children's Hospital, 261 U.S. 525, 564 (1923)
