| | reality based community - scott pilutik: de novo trial v. de novo review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20) |
 | | But even as 'de novo' is most commonly associated with deference of 'review', the term has an interesting sibling. |
 | | One inference is that as the jurisdiction has been given to the district court, it could only mean 'de novo trial' because district courts are trial courts, not appellate courts. |
 | | Also, the term 'de novo' is most commonly used in the appellate context - indeed, I've never even heard the term de novo trial before I just now researched it to see if there was a distinction (but I'm only a law student - it may indeed be more common than I know). |
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