SECOND-LOOK DOCTRINE
second-look doctrine. 1.WAIT-AND-SEE PRINCIPLE. 2. An approach that courts use to
monitor the continuing effectiveness or validity of an earlier order. • For example, a family court
may reconsider a waiver of alimony, and a federal court may reconsider a law that Congress has
passed a second time after the first law was struck down as unconstitutional. [Blacks Law 8th]
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