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dissentals

dissentals is the plural of dissental.

Meaning of dissental

Noun

dissental (plural dissentals)

  1. (US, colloquial) A dissent from an order denying rehearing en banc.
    • Increasing numbers of circuit judges are writing dissents from, and concurrences in, orders denying rehearing en banc—colloquially known as dissentals and concurrals.2012, Alex Kozinski, James Burnham, “I Say Dissental, You Say Concurral”, in The Yale Law Journal Online

Questions about dissentals

What is dissentals the plural of?
Dissentals is the plural of dissental.

Words near dissentals in the dictionary

  1. dissensual
  2. dissensus
  3. dissensuses
  4. dissent
  5. dissental
  6. dissentals
  7. dissentaneous
  8. dissentaneousness
  9. dissentany
  10. dissentation
  11. dissentations

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