meaning of ruling
1. Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign.
2. Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen.
3. The act of one who rules; ruled lines.
4. A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.
5. of Rule
6. the reason for a courts judgment as opposed to the decision itself
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