the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; opinions are usually written by a single judge

[ Syn: opinion , legal opinion , judgment ]

an opinion formed by judging something; he was reluctant to make his judgment known; she changed her mind

[ Syn: judgment , mind ]

the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

[ Syn: judgment , judging ]

the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

[ Syn: sagacity , sagaciousness , judgment , discernment ]

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

[ Syn: judgment , sound judgment , sound judgement , perspicacity ]

(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

[ Syn: judgment , judicial decision ]

the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; they criticized my judgment of the contestants

[ Syn: judgment , assessment ]