set sth aside
(LEGAL DECISION) — phrasal verb with set /set/ verb (present tense setting, past tense and past participle set)Definition
› If a judge or court sets aside a previous decision or judgment, they state that it does not now have any legal effect, usually because they consider it to have been wrong: The Court of Appeal set aside his conviction.Judges and juries
(Definition of set sth aside (LEGAL DECISION) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- beak noun (JUDGE)
- challenge noun (REFUSAL)
- challenge verb (REFUSE TO ACCEPT)
- chief justice noun
- court of inquiry noun
- dismiss verb (SEND AWAY)
- empanel verb
- favour noun (SUPPORT)
- foreman noun (PERSON AT WORK)
- honour noun (RESPECT)
- instruct verb (ORDER)
- judge noun (PERSON)
- judiciary noun
- jurist noun
- juror noun
- jury noun
- jury service noun
- Justice of the Peace noun
- Lord noun (TITLE)
- rule verb (DECIDE)
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