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plurality

: a group of justices on an appeals court who do not form a majority but with whose opinion enough other justices concur to render it the decision of the court see also plurality opinion at opinion

judgment

matter or case by a court ;esp : final judgment in this entry compare dictum, disposition, finding, holding, opinion, ruling, verdict NOTE: Under Rule 54 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure judgment encompasses a decree and

comment

explanatory remark appended to a section of text (as of enacted code) 2 : an expression of an opinion or attitude about something: as a : a remark to a jury by a judge or prosecutor about

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Expressed

Expressed, one of the meanings of 'expressed' is to make known the opinions or the feelings of a particular person and when a secretary to Government apprehends a man and tells

Judgment

as judgment, Madhoban Das v. Mannoo Mal, AIR 1956 All 672. A 'judgment' means the expression of the opinion of the court arrived at after a due consideration of the evidence and all the arguments, Ramautar Thakur

Civil Law

spirit of jurisprudence. The words 'Digest' and 'Pandects' are not synonymous; the former means an abstract of the opinions of lawyers upon certain points of law; the latter, from all and to receive, signifies a compendium of

Damages

on all the circumstances of the case and on the conduct of the parties, and is fixed by opinion or by an estimate, the damages are said to be 'unliquidated'; see Odgers on the Common Law. Damages,

Deems

Deems, means 'is of opinion' or 'considers' or 'decides' 'and there is no implication of steps to be taken before the opinion is

Freedom of speech

medium of a newspaper which holds a monopolistic position is not conductive to the formation of healthy public opinion. If the newspaper industry is concentrated in a few hands, the chance of an idea antagonistic to the

Intoxicating liquor

to the dispossessed licensees (s. 20). The reference is obligatory on the licensing justices when they are of opinion that the question of renewal requires consideration on other than the 'specified grounds' (s. 19), and a consideration

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