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Dissenting opinion   /dɪsˈɛntɪŋ əpˈɪnjən/   Listen
Dissenting opinion

noun
1.
An opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case.






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"Dissenting opinion" Quotes from Famous Books



... United States remains for any purpose a foreign country." Since Porto Rico was not a foreign country, the duties were wrongfully collected and must be returned. The remaining four justices dissented. One of them delivered a dissenting opinion in which he held that Porto Rico occupied middle ground between that of a foreign country and domestic territory. As such its status could be determined by Congress only and therefore its products were subject to duties levied ...
— The United States Since The Civil War • Charles Ramsdell Lingley



Words linked to "Dissenting opinion" :   jurisprudence, judgment, judgement, legal opinion, opinion, law



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