- ruling (on something) an official decision made by somebody in a position of authority, especially a judge
- The court will make its ruling on the case next week.
- The company intends to appeal against the ruling that it was negligent.
Extra ExamplesTopics Preferences and decisionsc1, Law and justicec1, Politicsc1- The court overturned the original ruling.
- The judge's ruling is based on legal precedent.
- The newspaper said that this was a ruling in favour of freedom of speech.
- the European Court's ruling against detention without trial
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- authoritative
- definitive
- unanimous
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- give
- hand down
- issue
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- ruling against
- ruling by
- ruling in favour/favor of
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