bench ruling

bench ruling definition - legal

n

An oral decision given, or a written decision read aloud, by a judge to the parties and their lawyers from the bench.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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