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execution of mandate cannot enlarge decree

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Definitions from Case Law

From 34 U.S. 275 - James Boyce's Executors v. Felix Grundy · 1835Most cited · 71 citing opinions

If upon the affirmance no allowance of interest or damages is made, it is equivalent to a denial of any interest or damages; and the circuit court, in carrying into effect the decree of affirmance, cannot enlarge the amount thereby decreed; but is limited to the mere execution of the decree in the terms in which it is expressed.

How often courts cite the case defining “execution of mandate cannot enlarge decree”

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Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “execution of mandate cannot enlarge decree” — 68 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.