| NOUN | act | ruling, opinion | the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) |
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| ADJECTIVE | all | ruling, regnant, reigning | exercising power or authority |
| Sounds | ruw'lihng | |
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| Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... | |
| Meaning | Exercising power or authority. | |
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| Synonyms | regnant, reigning | |
| Broader | powerful | Having great power or force or potency or effect |
| Spanish | dirigente, dominante, gobernante, reinante | |
| Catalan | dirigent, dominant, governant, regnant | |
| Meaning | The reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself). | |
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| Synonym | opinion | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Instances | Bakke decision | A ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action |
| Narrower | fatwa | A ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized / recognized authority |
| Broader | judgment, judgement, judicial decision | (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it |
| Spanish | decisión, dictamen, fallo, sentencia | |
| Catalan | dictamen | |
| Verbs | rule | decide on and make a declaration about |
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