Definition of decision

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Decision (n.) The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or doubt; settlement; conclusion..

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Report :: Report (v. t.) An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports..
Precedent :: Precedent (n.) A judicial decision which serves as a rule for future determinations in similar or analogous cases; an authority to be followed in courts of justice; forms of proceeding to be followed in similar cases.
Penitentiary :: Penitentiary (n.) An office of the papal court which examines cases of conscience, confession, absolution from vows, etc., and delivers decisions, dispensations, etc. Its chief is a cardinal, called the Grand Penitentiary, appointed by the pope..
Arbitrament :: Arbitrament (n.) Determination; decision; arbitration.
Abbreviator :: Abbreviator (n.) One of a college of seventy-two officers of the papal court whose duty is to make a short minute of a decision on a petition, or reply of the pope to a letter, and afterwards expand the minute into official form..
Sentence :: Sentence (n.) An opinion; a decision; a determination; a judgment, especially one of an unfavorable nature..
Conclude :: Conclude (v. i.) To form a final judgment; to reach a decision.
Undecide :: Undecide (v. t.) To reverse or recant, as a previous decision..
Decision :: Decision (n.) Cutting off; division; detachment of a part.
Indecision :: Indecision (n.) Want of decision; want of settled purpose, or of firmness; indetermination; wavering of mind; irresolution; vacillation; hesitation..
Prejudication :: Prejudication (n.) A previous treatment and decision of a point; a precedent.
Dijudicate :: Dijudicate (v. i.) To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine.
Snap :: Snap (v. t.) Briskness; vigor; energy; decision.
Interlocution :: Interlocution (n.) An intermediate act or decree before final decision.
Authority :: Authority (n.) A precedent; a decision of a court, an official declaration, or an opinion, saying, or statement worthy to be taken as a precedent..
Remit :: Remit (v. t.) To send off or away; hence: (a) To refer or direct (one) for information, guidance, help, etc. Remitting them . . . to the works of Galen. Sir T. Elyot. (b) To submit, refer, or leave (something) for judgment or decision..
Dome :: Dome (n.) Decision; judgment; opinion; a court decision.
Reverse :: Reverse (a.) To overthrow by a contrary decision; to make void; to under or annual for error; as, to reverse a judgment, sentence, or decree..
Verdict :: Verdict (n.) Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as, to be condemned by the verdict of the public..
Determine :: Determine (v. i.) To come to a decision; to decide; to resolve; -- often with on.
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