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Decide

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

To decide includes the power and right to deliberate, to weigh the reasons for and against, to see which preponderate, and to be governed by that preponderance.

Darden v. Lines, 2 Fla. 571; Com. v. Anthes, 5 Gray (Mass.) 253; In re Milford & M. R. Co., 68 N. H. 570, 36 Atl. 545.