Ruling
Ballentine's Law Dictionary · James A. Ballentine · 1916
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
A settlement or decision of a point of law arising from the trial of a cause, usually without the force or effect of a judgment or order, e. g., a ruling excluding certain evidence.
See 18 Mont. 1, 43 Pac. 1091, 44 Pac. 399.