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rul·ing n: an official or authoritative determination, decree, statement, or interpretation (as by a judge on a question of law)followed a previous ruling on the same question see also revenue ruling compare decision, disposition, finding, holding, judgment, opinion, verdict
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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adjudication, award, command, conclusion, court's finding, decision, decree, determination, edict, finding, findings of fact and conclusions of law, holding, judgment, judicial determination, judicial proclamation, judicial pronouncement, opinion of the court, order, order of the court, pronouncement, resolution, rule, sentence, verdict
associated concepts: judicial ruling, ruling from the bench
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act (enactment), adjudication, authority (documentation), award, canon, central (essential), code, conclusion (determination), condition (contingent provision), conviction (finding of guilt), decree, determination, dictate, dominant, edict, enactment, finding, influential, judgment (formal court decree), mandate, master, measure, omnipotent, opinion (judicial decision), order (judicial directive), potent, powerful, predominant, prescription (directive), prevailing (having superior force), primary, principal, pronouncement, requirement, rubric (authoritative rule), sentence, sovereign (absolute), verdict
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
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n.A judge’s or court’s decision or authoritative statement about a question of law, the admissibility of evidence, etc.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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Any decision a judge makes during the course of a lawsuit.Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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A judicial or administrative interpretation of a provision of a statute, order, regulation, or ordinance. The judicial determination of matters before the court such as the admissibility of evidence or the granting of a motion, which is an application for an order.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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A judicial or administrative interpretation of a provision of a statute, order, regulation, or ordinance. The judicial determination of matters before the court such as the admissibility of evidence or the granting of a motion, which is an application for an order.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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n.court decision on a case or any legal question.
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.