Dissent
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
Contrariety of opinion; refusal to agres wilh something already stated or adjudged or to an act previously performed, The term is most commonly used in American law to denote the explicit disagreement of ons or more judges of a court with the decision passed by the majority upon a case before them. In such event, the nen-concurring judge is reported as “dissenting,” and sometinies files a “dissenting opinion.”