legal opinion
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1. the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision (noun.communication)
| hyponym | : | concurring opinion, |
| definition | : | an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | dissenting opinion, |
| definition | : | an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | majority opinion, |
| definition | : | the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as `the opinion') (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | fatwah, |
| definition | : | (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | dictum, obiter dictum, |
| definition | : | an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding (noun.communication) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
| derivation | : | adjudicate, judge, try, |
| definition | : | put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | adjudicate, judge, try, |
| definition | : | put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of (verb.social) |
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