majority opinion

majority opinion definition - legal

n

The holding of a court consisting of multiple members, typically an appellate court, issued together by the majority of the members,  and establishing the formal legal result of the case, as opposed to a dissenting opinion.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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