Glossary entry

Italian term or phrase:

non massimata sul punto

English translation:

unhardened into precedent on the point

Added to glossary by Marco Solinas
Jul 13, 2016 17:41
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Italian term

non massimata sul punto

Italian to English Law/Patents Law (general) Preliminary hearings
This appears in a decision of the Italian Court of Cassation. The issue being examined is the power of the preliminary hearing judge. The terms is found in the references provided to support a specific point of law. The full context is:

"in altri termini, il radicale incremento dei poteri di cognizione e di decisione del giudice dell'udienza preliminare, pur legittimando quest'ultimo a muoversi implicitamente anche nella prospettiva della probabilità di colpevolezza dell'imputato, non lo ha tuttavia disancorato dalla fondamentale regola di giudizio per la valutazione prognostica (Sez. U., n. 39915 del 30 ottobre 2002, Vottari, Rv. 222602, nonché, successivamente, Sez. U., n. 25695 del 29/05/2008, D'Eramo, *non massimata sul punto*).

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Proposed translations (English)
3 unhardened into precedent on the point

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unhardened into precedent on the point

- as opposed to unprecedented or 'un-canonis/zed' (turned into a saintly canon or rule of law).
Example sentence:

Decisions had hardened into rules, which had gradually hardened into a concept of precedent.

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Treccani says this, but I'm not sure what it means:

Nel linguaggio giur., massimare una sentenza, estrarre da questa la massima, allo scopo, per es., di segnalare le eventuali difformità dalla giurisprudenza precedente alla sentenza stessa.

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Note from asker:
Thank you Phil. Yes, it seems to mean to extract a general rule (a maxim) out of an individual judgement (to make jurisprudence). I am having difficulty expressing this in English in a form that can be inserted into my context.
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