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  2. Legal opinion - Wikipedia

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    Legal opinion is a key point in law. In law, a legal opinion is in certain jurisdictions a written explanation by a judge or group of judges that accompanies an order or ruling in a case, laying out the rationale and legal principles for the ruling.

  3. Legal advice - Wikipedia

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    Legal advice is the giving of a professional or formal opinion regarding the substance or procedure of the law in relation to a particular factual situation. The provision of legal advice will often involve analyzing a set of facts and advising a person to take a specific course of action based on the applicable law.

  4. Advisory opinion - Wikipedia

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    An advisory opinion of a court or other government authority, such as an election commission, is a decision or opinion of the body but which is non-binding in law and does not have the effect of adjudicating a specific legal case, but which merely legally advises on its opinion as to the constitutionality or interpretation of a law.

  5. Advice (opinion) - Wikipedia

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    The Good Advice (original title: Le bon conseil), by Jean-Baptiste Madou. Advice (also called exhortation) is a form of relating personal or institutional opinions, belief systems, values, recommendations or guidance about certain situations relayed in some context to another person, group or party. Advice is often offered as a guide to action ...

  6. Opinion - Wikipedia

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    A "legal opinion" or "closing opinion" is a type of professional opinion, usually contained in a formal legal-opinion letter, given by an attorney to a client or a third party. Most legal opinions are given in connection with business transactions. The opinion expresses the attorney's professional judgement regarding the legal aspect of the ...

  7. Lawyer - Wikipedia

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    Legal advice is the application of abstract principles of law to the concrete facts of the client's case to advise the client about what they should do next. In some jurisdictions, only a properly licensed lawyer may provide legal advice to clients for good consideration , even if no lawsuit is contemplated or is in progress.

  8. Opinion - 10 common-sense legal reforms for the new Congress

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    First, adopt the so-called “English Rule,” requiring the loser to pay the winner’s legal fees. This alone would deter the enormous number of frivolous lawsuits filed in federal courts every ...

  9. Legal writing - Wikipedia

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    The legal memorandum is the most common type of predictive legal analysis; it may include the client letter or legal opinion. The legal memorandum predicts the outcome of a legal question by analyzing the authorities governing the question and the relevant facts that gave rise to the legal question.