ruling
English Thesaurus
1. the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | fatwa, |
| definition | : | a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority (noun.act) |
| instance hyponym | : | bakke decision, |
| definition | : | a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
| definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
2. exercising power or authority (adj.all)
| similar | : | powerful, |
| definition | : | having great power or force or potency or effect (adj.all) |
3. the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) (noun.act)
| derivation | : | find, rule, |
| definition | : | decide on and make a declaration about (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | find, rule, |
| definition | : | decide on and make a declaration about (verb.communication) |
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