Decision
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In practice
A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions.
See Inst. 1. 2. 8; Dig. 1. 2. 2.