LEGAL OPINION

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

Example:

opinions are usually written by a single judge

Synonyms:

judgement; judgment; legal opinion; opinion

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("legal opinion" is a kind of...):

instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "legal opinion"):

concurring opinion (an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning)

dissenting opinion (an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case)

majority opinion (the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as 'the opinion'))

fatwah ((Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar)

dictum; obiter dictum (an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding)