validity
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 68 U.S. 104 - United States v. Sepulveda · 1863Most cited · 6 citing opinions
authenticity," " legality," and in some eases, " interpretation," but not in any case, " location," " extent," or " boundary." The court asks, " What are the questions involved in the inquiry into the validity of a claim to land?" and it answers thus: "It may present questions of the genuineness and authenticity of title, and whether the evidence is forged or fraudulent, or, it may present an inquiry into the authority of the officer to make the grant..
How often courts cite the case defining “validity”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “validity” — 6 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.