Opinion

Opinion
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OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think), a term used loosely in ordinary speech for an idea or an explanation of facts which is regarded as being based on evidence which is good. but not conclusive.

Opinion: A judge's written explanation of a decision of the court or of a majority of judges. A dissenting opinion disagrees with the majority; a concurring opinion agrees with the decision of the court but offers further comment.

Opinion
It is the written explanation prepared by the judge who has made a decision to the court case. In this statement he/she explains the facts and the laws on the basis of which the decision was made.

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Opinion: A belief held by a person. In court, a witness is restricted to stating facts and is not permitted to given an opinion. They can, however, express an opinion if they are qualified as an expert witness.

Opinion: An explanation written by the judge explaining his decision.
Ordinance: A law passed by a local or municipal government.
Original Jurisdiction: The first court to which a legal dispute is referred.

An opinion by a court, administrative agency, or attorney general that does not resolve a dispute between parties but instead states the legal rule on a particular matter.
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EVIDENCE, OPINION - Testimony from persons (Expert Witnesses) who, because of education or experience, are permitted to state opinions and the reasons for their opinions.

Dissenting Opinion The opinion of a judge who does not agree with the majority opinion. (See also: dissent)
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opinion: the written product of a judge or judges handing down and explaining a decision. Opinions are usually written by appellate courts, but may also be written by trial judges who resolve legal issues at the trial level.

Opinion
A judge's written explanation of the decision of the court.
Oral Argument
An opportunity for lawyers to summarize their position before the court and also to answer the judges' questions ...

Opinion: 1. The reasons given for a court's judgment, frequently pointing out the law that governed the court's conclusions. 2. A belief; a judge's or court's reasoning in a particular matter.

Opinion - statement of decision by a judge or court regarding a case tried before it. Published opinions are printed because they contain new legal interpretations. Unpublished opinions, based on legal precedent, are not printed.

opinion
n. the explanation of a court's judgment. When a trial court judgment is appealed to a court of appeals, the appeals judge's opinion will be detailed, citing case precedents, analyzing the facts, ...

opinion evidenceWitnesses are normally required to confine their testimony to statements of fact and are not allowed to give their opinions in court.

Opinion
The stated reason for a court's judgment, finding or conclusion; the court's decision or judgment.

OPINION - A formal statement by a judge, magistrate or justice (another name used for trial level judges in some states), that sets forth a decision about some aspect of a case or on the legal issues bearing on a case.

OPINION, practice. A declaration by a counsel to his client of what the law is, according to his judgment, on a statement of facts submitted to him. The paper upon which an opinion is written is, by a figure of speech, also called an opinion.

opinion: A judge's written explanation of the decision of the court in appellate cases. Because a case may be heard by 3 or more judges in the appellate court, the opinion in appellate decisions can take several forms.

opinion, per curiam An opinion by the court as an entity, as distinguished from an opinion attributable to, and signed by, one judge.

Opinion:
The official written statement of a case, the court's decision and its reasons for reaching the decision it did.
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Slip Opinions: Opinions, or written decisions, of the Supreme Court or the Appellate Court that are publicly released prior to their official publication in the Connecticut Law Journal.

Term: Opinion
Definition: The stated reason for a court's judgment, finding or conclusion; the court's decision or judgment.

Opinion: The reasons given for a court's judgment, finding or conclusion. When a professor says "What is the opinion of the court?" she is referring to this majority opinion.

Opinion
The written, published decision of the Supreme Court, including the reasons for the decision and the facts on which the decision was based.
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An opinion voiced by a Judge that has only incidental bearing on the case in question and is therefore not binding. Latin definition: said in passing.
offender
A person who commits an offence.

'An opinion as to impairment, be it by the trial judge or a non-expert, ...

Slip opinion
Definition
: an opinion published in temporary form soon after the decision is rendered
b : a written explanation for a decision reached by an official (as an arbitrator) presiding over the nonjudicial resolution of a dispute ...

advisory opinion see opinion
affidavit of support A document promising that the person who completes it will support an applicant financially in the United States.

memorandum opinion: memorandum in writing, which is a very brief statement of the reasons for a decision, without detailed explanation ...

Concurring Opinion - An opinion written by an appellate judge who agrees with the decision reached in a case on appeal, but who would base this decision on reasons different from those expressed by the majority of judges considering the case.

Decision: The opinion of the court in concluding a case at law.
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Decision - The opinion of the court in concluding a case at law.
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Decision - The opinion of the court in concluding a case at law.
Declaratory judgment - A statutory remedy for judicial determination of a controversy where plaintiff is in doubt about his legal rights.

It cannot be derived from other circumstantial evidence, inferences upon inferences, or opinions founded on intuition. The inferences circumstantial evidence makes must be reasonable ... or the evidence is excluded for lack of credibility.

Dicta or dictum Latin: an observation by a judge on a matter not specifically before the court or not necessary in determining the issue before the court; a side opinion which does not form part of the judgment for the purposes of stare decisis.

Expert Evidence Opinion evidence given by a person whom the court finds to be qualified to act as an expert.

economics, its meaning is more complex, but since the word rent means any income or yield from an object capable of producing wealth, its limitation to a more special sense is somewhat arbitrary and justified only by a general consensus of opinion ...

Publication need only be to one person, but it must be a statement which claims to be fact and is not clearly identified as an opinion.

An opinion which does not form part of the judgment for the purposes of stare decisis. Such opinions are not binding in future cases.

United States of America the exclusion of legislation from the scope of copyright laws dates to 1834, when the Supreme Court interpreted the first federal copyright laws and held that 'no reporter has or can have any copyright in the written opinions ...

Such opinions, uttered "by the way", not upon the point or question pending, but as if turning aside for the time from the main topic to a collateral subject. Rohrback v. Germania Fire Ins. Co., 62 N.Y. 58 (1875), Folger, J.

The main reason why evidence is ruled inadmissible is because it falls into a category deemed so unreliable that a court should not consider it as part of a deciding a case --for example, hearsay evidence, or an expert's opinion that is not based on ...

"Decision" is a general term often used interchangeably with the terms judgment or "opinion.

If a resolution is passed it constitutes the formal opinion or decision of the House on a matter.

The Latin term "Per curiam" means, in a UK legal context: "in the opinion of the court".
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Without dismissing, damaging or otherwise affecting a legal interest or demand; without detriment to existing right or claim; relates to fact, not to opinion.

PER CURIAM
By the court
An opinion written by the court with no identified author.
PROPRIO MOTU
By its own motion
Acting with one's own initiative.

Per curiam - In the opinion of the court
Per minas - By means of menaces or threats
Per quod - By reason of which ...

An expert witness is a witness who is qualified to give an opinion on the subject for which they were qualified as an expert. The process of qualifying a witness as an expert usually occurs through a voir dire.

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UNANIMITY.
The agreement of all the persons concerned in a thing in design and opinion. 2. Generally a simple majority (q. v.) of... more
UNCERTAINTY.
That which is unknown or vague. Vide Certainty. ... more ...

Hung Jury - one whose members cannot reach a verdict because of differences of opinion.
In Camera - in a judge's chambers, outside the presence of a jury and the public.

declaratory judgment - One which declares the rights of the parties or expresses the opinion of the courts on a question of law, without ordering anything to be done.

Dissent
To disagree. The word is used in legal circles to refer to the minority opinion of a judge which runs contrary to the conclusions of the majority.
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International Preliminary Examination Report (Form PCT/IPEA/409), produced by an International Preliminary Examining Authority, is a preliminary and non-binding opinion on whether the invention claimed in an international application appears to be ...

Secondary authority - Legal encyclopaedias, treatises, legal texts, law review articles, and citators. Writings which set forth the opinion of the writer as to the law.

Headnote - A brief summary of a legal rule or significant facts in a case, which along with other headnotes, precedes the printed opinion in reports.

Most agents are completely dependent upon commissions from sellers for their income, so it pays to find out which side the agent represents (buyer, seller or both) before you place too much trust in the agent's opinion.
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of the evidence shows its weakness, and, as such, hearsay evidence is generally indadmissable unless it falls within one of the many exceptions which provides for admissibility.
hung jury - A jury so irreconcilably divided in opinion that ...

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