☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Abstention Doctrine

The judicial doctrine under which a federal court declines to exercise jurisdiction — Pullman (unsettled state law), Burford (complex regulatory scheme), Younger (ongoing state proceedings), Colorado River (parallel state case).

Category: Legal Doctrines
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