| NOUN | communication | legal opinion, opinion, judgment, judgement | the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision |
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| Meaning | The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision. | |
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| Synonyms | opinion, judgment, judgement | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Narrower | concurring opinion | An opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning |
| dissenting opinion | An opinion that disagrees / disagrees with the court's disposition of the case | |
| fatwah | (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar | |
| majority opinion | The opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as 'the opinion') | |
| obiter dictum, dictum | An opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore / therefore not binding | |
| Broader | legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
| Spanish | sentencia | |
| Catalan | sentència | |
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