institute
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 501 U.S. 115 - Gollust v. Mendell · 1991Most cited · 269 citing opinions
inaugurate or commence; as to institute an action." Black's Law Dictionary 985-986 (3d ed. 1933) (citing cases); see Black's Law Dictionary 800 (6th ed. 1990) (same definition); Random House Unabridged Dictionary of the English Language 988 (2d ed. 1987) ("to set in operation; to institute a lawsuit").
How often courts cite the case defining “institute”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “institute” — 269 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.