(slang, legal) To issue a judicial ruling or opinion that is harsh or humiliating towards a particular party, attorney, or lower court opinion.
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(slang, legal) A judicial ruling or opinion that is harsh or humiliating towards a particular party, attorney, or lower court opinion.
2012, Mark V. Holmes, United States Tax Court, Tigers Eye Trading, LLC v. Commissioner (dissenting), 138 T.C. No. 6, p. 211.
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