the mind > attention and judgement > judgement or decision > [noun] > a judgement, ruling > of a council or assembly (4)
transferred and figurative. A judgement given by some body or authority acting as, or likened to, a jury.
= result, n. (esp. in sense 4b).
A decision, a resolution; the outcome of the deliberations of a council or assembly. Now North American.
A motion or proposition considered by a deliberative body; a resolution passed as a result of voting.