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LEGAL OPINION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
Example:
opinions are usually written by a single judge
Synonyms:
judgement; judgment; legal opinion; opinion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("legal opinion" is a kind of...):
instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legal opinion"):
concurring opinion (an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning)
dissenting opinion (an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case)
majority opinion (the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as 'the opinion'))
fatwah ((Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar)
dictum; obiter dictum (an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding)
