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plurality
plurality pl: -ties : an amount or group (as of votes) that is greater than any other amount or group within a total but that is not more than half ;esp : 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 compare majority ...
opinion
opinion 1 a : a belief stronger than impression and less strong than positive knowledge b : a formal expression of a judgment or appraisal by an expert see also opinion testimony at testimony compare fact 2 a : advice or evaluation regarding the legal issues involved in a situation given by an attorney to a client [an of title] called also legal opinion see also opinion letter at letter b : an advisory opinion issued by an authorized public official (as an attorney general) or a recognized body (as the American Bar Association) 3 a : the formal written expression by a court or judge of the reasons and principles of law upon which the decision in a case is based compare holding, judgment, ruling advisory opinion : a nonbinding opinion or evaluation of a court or other judicial or quasi-judicial authority or body regarding the effect of the law on a situation that does not present an actual controversy between parties [to answer questions which were not brought before this Court...
Pluralize
To make plural by using the plural termination to attribute plurality to to express in the plural form...
Plurality
Plurality, majority; in greater number than one. The holding of more than one ecclesiastical benefice is very much restricted.The (English) Pluralities Act, 1838 (repealing the former statute against pluralities, 21 Hen. 8, c. 13), as amended by the (English) Pluralities Measure, 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5, No. 7), provides that two benefices may be held together, by dispensation of the archbishop on the recommendation of the bishop, if the churches be within four miles of each other, and if the annual value of one does not exceed 400l....
Plurality
The state of being plural or consisting of more than one a number consisting of two or more of the same kind as a plurality of worlds the plurality of a verb...
Pluralism
The quality or state of being plural or in the plural number...
dissenting opinion
dissenting opinion see opinion ...
Opinion
Opinion. A technical term applied to the judgment of a Law Lord delivered in the House of Lords. Also the written advice given by counsel upon facts submitted to him. See DICTUM as to opinions expressed by judges which are not strictly relevant to the issue before them.The word 'opinion' in s. 50 of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872, means something more than mere retailing of gossip or of hearsay; it means judgment or belief, that is, a belief or a conviction resulting from what one thinks on a particular question. Such belief or conviction may manifest itself in conduct or behaviour which indicates the existence of the belief or opinion, Dolgobinda Paricha v. Nimai Charan Misra, AIR 1959 SC 914 (919): (1959) Supp 2 SCR 814. (Evidence Act, 1872, s. 20)...
Opinion of the provincial government
Opinion of the provincial government, the words 'opinion of the provincial Government' appearing in the beginning of s. 5 signify the subjective opinion of the Government and not an opinion subject to the objective tests, Lilavati Bai v. State of Bombay, AIR 1957 SC 521 (527): 1957 SCR 721. [Bombay Land Requisition Act, 1948 (33 of 1948), s. 5]...
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