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opinion, ruling

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

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decision, determination, conclusion

n. the act of making up your mind about something; "the burden of decision was his"; "he drew his conclusions quickly"

judgment, judgement, assessment

n. the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants"

obiter dictum, dictum

n. an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding

promulgation

n. the official announcement of a new law or ordinance whereby the law or ordinance is put into effect

dictate

n. an authoritative rule

directive

n. a pronouncement encouraging or banning some activity; "the boss loves to send us directives"

order

n. a request for something to be made, supplied, or served; "I gave the waiter my order"; "the company's products were in such demand that they got more orders than their call center could handle"

pronouncement, dictum, say-so

n. an authoritative declaration

estimate, estimation

n. a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent"

vote

n. the opinion of a group as determined by voting; "they put the question to a vote"

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