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ruling
[ roo-ling ]
noun
- an authoritative decision, as one by a judge on a debated point of law.
- the act of drawing straight lines with a ruler.
- ruled lines.
adjective
- governing or dominating:
the ruling party.
- controlling; predominating:
the ruling factor in recovery from an illness.
- widespread; prevalent:
ruling prices; ruling values.
ruling
/ ˈruːlɪŋ /
noun
- a decision of someone in authority, such as a judge
- one or more parallel ruled lines
adjective
- controlling or exercising authority
the ruling classes
- prevalent or predominant
Other Words From
- non·ruling noun adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The decision issued Monday upholds an earlier ruling by a council of federal judges appointed to centralize civil suits from across the country.
At the sixth tribunal in Toronto late last month, a panel of nine judges heard cases against Canadian mining companies, ultimately ruling that they had violated “collective rights, Indigenous rights, and rights of nature.”
He says this is necessary because when he was young, Belém was "beautiful, well-kept, well cared for", but it has since been "abandoned" and "neglected" with "little interest from the ruling class".
She kept it and appealed the CAS ruling to the Federal Supreme Court of Switzerland.
The Constitutional Court issued the final ruling on Tuesday afternoon after deliberating for two hours.
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