point of law

point of law definition - legal

n

An individual legal issue or proposition at the heart of a case.
reserved point of law
A holding of a difficult legal issue that the judge holds in abeyance so that further testimony in the case may proceed.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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