Definition of Legal opinion

1. Noun. The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision. "Opinions are usually written by a single judge"

Exact synonyms: Judgement, Judgment, Opinion
Generic synonyms: Instrument, Legal Document, Legal Instrument, Official Document
Specialized synonyms: Concurring Opinion, Dissenting Opinion, Majority Opinion, Fatwah, Dictum, Obiter Dictum
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Derivative terms: Judge

Lexicographical Neighbors of Legal Opinion

legal expert
legal fee
legal fiction
legal fictions
legal fraud
legal guardian
legal guardians
legal holiday
legal injury
legal instrument
legal interest
legal jointure
legal medicine
legal name
legal names
legal opinion (current term)
legal ouster
legal pad
legal pads
legal person
legal persons
legal philosophy
legal positivism
legal power
legal principle
legal proceeding
legal profession
legal recourse
legal relation
legal representation

Literary usage of Legal opinion

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Auditing Theory and Practice by Robert Hiester Montgomery (1912)
"OFFICIAL legal opinion ON DUTIES AND LIABILITIES OF AUDITORS When the English Companies Act, 1907, was passed, the Council of the Institute of Chartered ..."

2. Studies in History and Jurisprudence by James Bryce Bryce (1901)
"as defendant in a suit, yet the Chancellor also never delivers a legal opinion except for the purpose of explaining the decree which he issues for adjusting ..."

3. The Life of Edwin Forrest: With Reminiscences and Personal Recollections by James Rees (1874)
"A legal opinion.—CORRUPT LEGISLATURE. TTTE had purposed to pass over in silence that pain- * * ful episode in the life of Mr. Forrest, known in criminal ..."

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