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judgment vs majority opinion

majority opinion vs judgment

judgment and majority opinion both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
judgment Yes No No No
majority opinion Yes No No No
As nouns, majority opinion is a hyponym of judgment; that is, majority opinion is a word with a more specific, narrower meaning than judgment:
  • judgment: the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
  • majority opinion: the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as `the opinion')
Other hyponyms of judgment include concurring opinion, dissenting opinion, fatwah, dictum, obiter dictum.
judgment (noun) majority opinion (noun)
(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as `the opinion')
the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
an opinion formed by judging something
the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
Difference between judgment and majority opinion

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