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An order or a decision on a point of law from someone in authority.
Examples of rulings in a Sentence
He led a strong fight against the relentless rulings of the committee.
The pretext was the contumacy shown by the Locrian town Amphissa to the rulings of the Amphictyonic Council.
On the 16th of May, after sessions in which the Senate repeatedly reversed the rulings of the chief justice as to the admission of evidence, in which the president's counsel showed that their case was excellently prepared and the prosecuting counsel appealed in general to political passions rather than to judicial impartiality, the eleventh article was voted on and impeachment failed by a single vote (35 to 19; 7 republicans and 12 democrats voting " Not guilty ") of the necessary two-thirds.
In Panama, Honduras and the Dominican Republic similar rulings have been made following attempts to set up Spanish style bullfights.
You can't have liberal trading rulings without loosening the political reins.
Either way, the jury is out in the US awaiting antitrust rulings next month, and until then the offer still stands.
This edition includes a new section on ' post-transaction rulings ' .
This edition includes a new section on ' post-transaction rulings '.
If your graduation ceremony will be taking place in a public school, it's a good idea to review the most recent rulings on this subject.
After the Civil Rights Act, the concept evolved greatly from the variety of court cases and Supreme Court rulings.
The February 2009 Cedillo, Snyder and Hazelhurst rulings are considered major court decisions in determining a link between autism and vaccines.
The February 2009 and July 2007 autism vaccination rulings may provoke more questions than answers about the possible connection between autism and the MMR vaccine.
Despite the GMC rulings and The Lancet's retraction, Wakefield stands by his study.
Autism vaccination rulings include findings that vaccines contributed to autism, as well as a denial to families claiming that vaccines caused autism in their children from National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (NVICP).
Conflicting rulings further complicate the issue.