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