rulings
Bench pronouncements issued
Rulings are official decisions or judgments issued by authorities—judges, referees, regulatory bodies.
A court ruling settles a legal question: The Supreme Court's ruling struck down the law.
Rulings also come from sports officials, tax agencies, or anyone with power to decide disputes.
To ruling as an adjective: the ruling class, the ruling party.
Formal trial conclusions
- judgmentsFormed opinions or decisions
- decisionsConclusions reached after consideration
- courtsJudicial bodies or playing areas
- tribunalsBodies adjudicating disputes
appeals · litigation · adjudication · bench · magistrate · opinions · decrees · injunctions
Judge-made legal doctrine
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- bindingLegally or morally required
- appellateRelating to appeals
doctrine · dissent · concur · citation · authority · precedential · controlling · persuasive
Power to enforce obedience
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
- sovereigntySupreme independent authority
dominion · administration · oversight · supervision · control · management · governing body · resolutions
Enforced rules and standards
- ordinancesLocal government rules
- directivesFormal commands or instructions
- mandatesAuthoritative commands or requirements
- edictsAuthoritative public commands
decrees · pronouncements · administrative · compliance · enforcement · agency · bureaucratic · executive orders
verdicts
Formal trial conclusions
- judgmentsFormed opinions or decisions
- decisionsConclusions reached after consideration
- courtsJudicial bodies or playing areas
tribunals · appeals · litigation · adjudication · bench · magistrate · opinions · decrees · injunctions · orders
case law
Judge-made legal doctrine
- jurisprudencePhilosophy governing legal systems
- landmarkNotable point of reference
- bindingLegally or morally required
appellate · doctrine · dissent · concur · citation · authority · precedential · controlling · persuasive · distinguishing
authority
Power to enforce obedience
- powerEnergy transfer rate
- commandAuthoritative instruction given
- jurisdictionLegal authority's scope
sovereignty · dominion · administration · oversight · supervision · control · management · governing body · resolutions · bylaws
regulations
Enforced rules and standards
- ordinancesLocal government rules
- directivesFormal commands or instructions
- mandatesAuthoritative commands or requirements
edicts · decrees · pronouncements · administrative · compliance · enforcement · agency · bureaucratic · executive orders · guidelines
- legallawyer, judge, jury, trial, verdict
- legal systemsconstitutional law, judiciary, criminal code, court system, penal code
- court rulingsdivorce decree, judgments, annulment, verdicts, judgment
- Legal rulingsjudgments, verdict, verdicts, judgment, decisions
- case lawcourt opinions, court cases, court decisions, binding precedent, judicial decisions
- Church decreesencyclicals, bulls, promulgations, canons, briefs
rulingssuggestions
Proposed ideas or advice
recommendations · advice · opinions · guidance · proposals
rulingsquestions
Requests for information
inquiries · deliberations · uncertainties · disputes · controversies
- ruling classDominant governing stratum
- court rulingJudicial decision on case
- ruling outEliminating from consideration
- judge's ruling
- ruling classesGroups holding political power
- ruling eliteDominant governing class