court decision
Official legal judgment
A court decision is a formal ruling by a judge or panel of judges resolving a legal dispute.
The term covers everything from minor procedural orders to landmark Supreme Court decisions that reshape law: The court decision overturned decades of precedent.
In casual use, often shortened to just decision: We're waiting on the judge's decision.
- precedentPrior authoritative example
- legal precedentPrior ruling with authority
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
- final judgmentConclusive court resolution
- adjudicationFormal decision on disputes
verdict · injunction · legal reasoning · judicial review · consent decree · acquittal · case law · due process · sentencing · conviction · majority opinion · appeal · overturned · bench trial · equity · burden of proof · gavel · enforcement
- court rulingsrulings, divorce decree, judgments, annulment, verdicts
- legal legacyprecedent, case law, legal doctrine, common law, judicial opinion
- case lawbinding precedent, landmark case, legal judgments, landmark cases, precedents
- legal precedentscase law, judicial precedent, binding precedent, precedent setting
- precedentslandmark case, case law, landmark cases, first impression, precedent setting
- supreme courtschief justice, final appeal, justices
court decisionlegal arguments
Reasoned advocacy in court
oral arguments · opening statements · closing arguments · court filings · pleadings
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