Ruling and Term

Ruling

Ruling noun - A decision made by a court or tribunal regarding a case it has heard.

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Term and ruling are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Term" instead a noun "Ruling".

Nearby Words: rule, ruler, ruled

Term noun - A fixed period of time during which a person holds a job or position.

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Ruling and term are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Ruling" instead a noun "Term".

Nearby Words: termless, termed, termer

old	old ruling	old term
full	full ruling	full term
exact	exact ruling	exact term
similar	similar ruling	similar term
Other adjectives: specific, right, original, legal, popular, actual, real, ancient, new, final, less, official, scientific.

It Makes Sense in Context: As mentioned above, "holler" is a term for 'hollow' or 'valley' and Heartshe is the name of the ruling family who founded the town.

Source: Series / The Heart She Holler
In Kim Newman's Anno Dracula, with a vampire aristocracy ruling Britain, "warm" gets used as a derogorary term for the living.

Source: Fantastic Slurs aka: Fantastic Slur
Those fighting Civil Wars usually don't call them that, as they try to make use of the power of language to suggest that they are in the right: the ruling power will term it a police action against unpopular extremist rebels.

Source: Civil War

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