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The answers to this question and this question state that when the same selector/property combination is specified in two different CSS files, the one in the file that is included last wins. My question is, is this behavior part of a standard (HTML or CSS), or is it simply the current behavior in the major browsers? I need to know if I can depend on this behavior across all browsers. If this is part of a standard, would you please reference the relevant section?

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Finally, sort by order specified: if two declarations have the same weight, origin and specificity, the latter specified wins.

— http://www.w3.org/TR/CSS21/cascade.html#cascading-order

The same applies if they are in the same file.

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is this behavior part of a standard (HTML or CSS)

Yes, the CSS standard defines it.

In 6.4.1 Cascading order, bullet point #4:

Finally, sort by order specified: if two declarations have the same weight, origin and specificity, the latter specified wins. Declarations in imported style sheets are considered to be before any declarations in the style sheet itself.

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