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DISSENTING OPINION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dissenting opinion mean?
• DISSENTING OPINION (noun)
The noun DISSENTING OPINION has 1 sense:
1. an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case
Familiarity information: DISSENTING OPINION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("dissenting 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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