"question of law" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: questions of law [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|questions of law}} question of law (plural questions of law)
  1. (law) An issue to be decided by the judge, concerning the application or interpretation of the law. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-question_of_law-en-noun-UjWRSJBy Topics: law
  2. (law) A question that the law itself has authoritatively answered, so that the court may not answer it as a matter of discretion. Categories (topical): Law Translations (question of law): rettsspørsmål [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), rettsspørsmål [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk)
    Sense id: en-question_of_law-en-noun-PUi9A2i0 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'question of law': 18 41 28 14
  3. (law) An issue about what the law is on a particular point; an issue in which the parties argue about, and the court must decide, what the true rule of law is. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-question_of_law-en-noun-ClZd3aza Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 27 49 18 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 5 29 55 12 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 26 49 20 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 26 53 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 11 26 45 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 4 25 55 15 Topics: law
  4. (law) An issue that, although it may turn on a factual point, is reserved for the court and excluded from the jury; an issue that is exclusively within the province of the judge and not the jury. Categories (topical): Law
    Sense id: en-question_of_law-en-noun-Ob5cLwIO Topics: law

Inflected forms

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