A decision formally made in regard to a matter under consideration in a court of law or comparable context; a judicial decision, pronouncement, or…

An authoritative decision or pronouncement, esp. one made by a judge.

Originally and chiefly Scots Law. A judicial decision; a judicial or administrative ruling or verdict in a legal action or other proceeding. Also…

An authoritative decision; a judgement pronounced by a tribunal. gen. The judgement or decision of a court in any civil or criminal cause. Now rare…

Decision, judgement.

Legal judgment; a decision made, or sentence passed, in law. Obsolete.

A judgement, decree, order, or sentence; properly of a French supreme court of law; also transferred and figurative. Obsolete, and replaced by arrêt…

A judgement or order of a court or of the Lords Ordinary, signed by the pronouncing or presiding judge.

The result of a judicial examination or inquiry; the verdict of a jury or the decision of a judge or arbitrator.

Islam. A formal, authoritative ruling on a point of Islamic law; a scholarly opinion given (typically in writing) by a mufti or other Muslim…

Law. A judicial decision. In various specific uses. English Law. The judgement of a court of equity, or of the Court of Admiralty, Probate, and…

An authoritative sentence or decision, properly of the King or Parliament of France; a decree. = arrest, n.1 13.