What is the meaning of "discretion"?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Abramson v. University of Hawaii, 594 F.2d 202 (9th Cir. 1979):
"discretion" denotes the absence of a hard and fast rule . . . . When invoked as a guide to judicial action, it means a sound discretion, that is to say, a discretion exercised not arbitrarily or willfully, but with regard to what is right and equitable under the circumstances and the law, and directed by the reason and conscience of the judge to a just result.
Langnes v. Green, 282 U.S. 531, 541, 51 S.Ct. 243, 247, 75 L.Ed. 520 (1931).
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