dissenting opinion

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   an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case

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Questions about dissenting opinion

What does dissenting opinion mean?

dissenting opinion means "an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case".

Is dissenting opinion a common word?

dissenting opinion is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.