RULING

a. n.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


1.
a.

Predominant; chief; reigning; controlling; as, a ruling passion; a ruling sovereign.

2.
a.

Used in marking or engraving lines; as, a ruling machine or pen.

3.
n.

The act of one who rules; ruled lines.

4.
n.

A decision or rule of a judge or a court, especially an oral decision, as in excluding evidence.


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