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judge shop
or judge-shop
[ juhj shop ]
verb (used without object)
, Law.
- to file a lawsuit in a district where the case will be assigned to a judge who is likely to find in your favor: Compare forum shop ( def ).
The defense argued that the plaintiff had judge shopped by filing in several jurisdictions.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of judge shop1
First recorded in 1965–70
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