- present participle of rule.
ruling
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The court ruling from Judge Robert Brown said that hired legal representation from the council was "surprisingly combative" and found parts of the legal representation for the council "totally irrelevant" and "most unhelpful".
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
In a three-sentence ruling, the justices held that the federal government would likely lose on the legal question of the U.S.
From Slate ● Sep. 17, 2026
Sweden's Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson has resigned after his ruling right-wing bloc was narrowly defeated by the centre-left opposition in the country's general election.
From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026
Wednesday's interim ruling issued by a court in Argentina's southernmost province, Tierra del Fuego, follows a lawsuit filed by 1982 war veterans and environmental lawyers earlier this month.
From Barron's ● Sep. 16, 2026
We eventually won a favorable ruling from a federal judge who overturned his conviction and sentence.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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The ICJ's rulings are binding but it has no power to enforce them.
From Barron's ● Sep. 8, 2026
Now, court rulings seen by BBC Sport shed more light on other convictions relating to the same case.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
“At the end of the day, because of these rulings, they’re either gonna play for you or they’re gonna play somewhere else around the country,” Kiffin said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
The state Supreme Court heard arguments in those cases Monday, and while we’ll have to wait for the official rulings, things did not seem to go well for the sheriff.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
He went looking for court rulings, deal completions, or government regulatory changes—anything that might change the value of a company.
From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis
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