certified question
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Definitions from Case Law
From 205 U.S. 444 - Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railway Co. v. Williams · 1907Most cited · 44 citing opinions
Each question certified must be a distinct point or proposition of law, clearly stated, so that it could be definitely answered without regard to other issues of law or of fact in the case. ... The points certified must be questions of law only, and not questions of fact, or of mixed law and fact.