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dissental en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English dissent Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālisbor. Old French -albor. ▲ Latin -ālis Old French -elbor. ▲ Latin -ālisbor. Middle English -al English -al English dissental From dissent + -al.

Meanings

1. (US, colloquial) A dissent from an order denying rehearing en banc.
   • 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:
   • 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:

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