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ruling

DEFINITIONS OF: ruling

1

adj exercising power or authority

Synonyms:
regnant, reigning
powerful
having great power or force or potency or effect

n the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)

Synonyms:
opinion
Examples:
Bakke decision
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
Types:
fatwa
a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority
Type of:
judgement, judgment, judicial decision
(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
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