Meanings
plural dissentals
- UScolloquiallawA 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 Online1 more example
While dissentals are more common, judges on both this and other courts have, on occasion, penned dissents from the grant of en banc review. ... These disgrantles are understandably rare....
2024, Lawrence VanDyke, United States v. Duarte, page 2
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