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on the merits

on the merits adverb: referring to a judgment, decision, or ruling of a court whose decision rests upon the law as it applies to the particular evidence and facts presented in the case.

Adverb

on the merits

  1. (US) Referring to a judgment, decision, or ruling of a court whose decision rests upon the law as it applies to the particular evidence and facts presented in the case.

on the merits meaning in Tamil

on the merits in Tamil

தகுதியின் அடிப்படையில்

Questions about on the merits

What does on the merits mean?
On the merits means referring to a judgment, decision, or ruling of a court whose decision rests upon the law as it applies to the particular evidence and facts presented in the case.
What is on the merits in Tamil?
On the merits in Tamil is தகுதியின் அடிப்படையில். See On the merits meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is on the merits?
On the merits is an adverb.

Words near on the merits in the dictionary

  1. on the mark
  2. on the market
  3. on the mat
  4. on the mend
  5. on the mending hand
  6. on the merits
  7. on the money
  8. on the mop
  9. on the move
  10. on the muscle
  11. on the nail

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Adapted from Wiktionary: on the merits (page history and authors); on the merits (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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