Judicial Decision (Noun)

Meaning

(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it.

Classification

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

Examples

• The judicial decision in the landmark case of Brown v. Board of Education declared segregation in public schools unconstitutional.
• The court's judicial decision was widely criticized by the public, who felt that justice had not been served.
• After reviewing the evidence, the judge made a judicial decision to convict the defendant of the crime.
• The judicial decision in the case of Roe v. Wade established a woman's right to an abortion in the United States.
• The appeals court overturned the lower court's judicial decision, ruling in favor of the plaintiff.

Synonyms

• Judgement
• Judgment

Hypernyms

• Due Process
• Due Process Of Law

Hyponyms

• Non Pros
• Default Judgement
• Non Prosequitur
• Arbitration
• Finding
• Opinion
• Default Judgment
• Judgment In Personam
• Judgment In Rem
• Judgement Of Dismissal
• Judgement On The Merits
• Judgement In Rem
• Ruling
• Summary Judgement
• Cognovit Judgement
• Final Judgment
• Arbitrament
• Summary Judgment
• Confession Of Judgment
• Judgement By Default
• Judgment On The Merits
• Judgement In Personam
• Judgment Of Dismissal
• Final Decision
• Judgement On The Pleadings
• Personal Judgement
• Confession Of Judgement
• Reversal
• Affirmation