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DECIDE Definition & Legal Meaning

Definition & Citations:

To decide Includes the power and right to deliberate, to weigh the reasons
for and against, to see which preponderate, and to be governed by that preponderance.
Darden v. Lines, 2 Fla. 571; Com. v. Anthes, 5 Gray (Mass.) 253; In re Milford & M. R.
Co., 68 N. H. 570, 36 Atl. 545.

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