DECISION

decision,n.1. A judicial or agency determination after consideration of the facts and the law;

esp., a ruling, order, or judgment pronounced by a court when considering or disposing of a case.

See JUDGMENT(1); OPINION(1). — decisional,adj.

appealable  decision.A  decree  or  order  that  is  sufficiently  final  to  receive  appellate  review

(such  as  an  order  granting  summary  judgment),  or  an  interlocutory  decree  or  order  that  is

immediately appealable, usu. by statute (such as an order denying immunity to a police officer in a

civil-rights  suit).  —  Also  termed  reviewable  issue.  See  COLLATERAL-ORDER  DOCTRINE.

[Cases: Appeal and Error    24–135. C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 35, 41–153, 189–191, 319, 736,

772, 774–775, 846, 848; Justices of the Peace§ 234(1, 2, 3).]

final decision.See final judgment under JUDGMENT.

interlocutory decision.See interlocutory order under ORDER(2).

unreasonable  decision.An  administrative  agency’s  decision  that  is  so  obviously  wrong  that

there can be no difference of opinion among reasonable minds about its erroneous nature. [Cases:

Administrative Law and Procedure    763. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure § 224.]

2.Parliamentary  law.  VOTE(4).3.Parliamentary  law.  The  chair’s  ruling  on  a  point  of  order.

See appeal from the decision of the chair under APPEAL. [Blacks Law 8th]