MAJORITY OPINION

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as 'the opinion')

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("majority opinion" is a kind of...):

judgement; judgment; legal opinion; opinion (the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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