#ruling__opinion  the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
  supertype:  #judicial_decision__judgment__judgement  (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
  subtype:  #Bakke_decision  a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy
  subtype:  #fatwa  a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority

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