单词 | ruling |
释义 | ruling (once / 325 pages) adjn The official decision a judge makes is a ruling. You can also use this word as an adjective, to describe something or someone in charge, like a ruling political party. The group with political power in a country might be described as the ruling coalition, and the government itself could be called the ruling authority. When it's a noun, the word ruling has a legal meaning: it's the court's opinion. This definition dates from the 1550s, from the verb rule, from its Latin root regula, "straight stick or bar." WORD FAMILYruling: rulingly, rulings+/misrule: misrules/overrule: overruled, overrules, overruling/rule: misrule, overrule, ruled, ruler, rules, ruling, self-rule/ruler: rulers, rulership/rulership: rulerships USAGE EXAMPLESAlthough satisfied with the ruling, Chen vowed to continue legal challenges to force an apology. The Guardian(Jan 03, 2017) The court’s ruling was issued on Dec. 30. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) Prosecutors objected at every turn, and Gergel wouldn't allow any of it into court, ruling mitigation evidence is allowable during sentencing and not before. Los Angeles Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1adj exercising power or authority Syn regnant, reigning powerful having great power or force or potency or effect 2n the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) Syn|Exp|Hypo|Hyper opinion Bakke decision a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy fatwa a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority judgement, judgment, judicial decision (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it |
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