ruling
the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) (Freq. 4) • Syn: opinion • Derivationally related forms: rule • Topics: law, jurisprudence • Hypernyms: judgment, judgement, judicial decision • Hyponyms: fatwa • Instance Hyponyms: Bakke decision
exercising power or authority (Freq. 1) • Syn: regnant, reigning • Similar to: powerful
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