neutral principles doctrine

neutral principles doctrine
Doctrine applied in the resolution of church property disputes which holds that court must refrain from resolving dispute on basis of religious doctrine and practice and must rely exclusively on objective, well-established concepts of trust and property law familiar to lawyers and judges; documents, including religious documents, pertinent to dispute must be scrutinized in purely secular terms. Presbytery of Elijah Parish Lovejoy v. Jaeggi, Mo., 682 S.W.2d 465, 473

Black's law dictionary. . 1990.

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