Legal Definition and Related Resources of Resolution
Meaning of Resolution
A solemn judgment or decision of a court . A formal statement of the opinion or intention of an official body or corporation . See Wiley v Woods, 141 A.2d 844, 393 Pa. 341. As distinguished from a statute or ordinance , it is merely a form in which a legislative body expresses an opinion or a purpose with respect to a given matter or thing that is temporary in nature. See Baker v City of Milwaukee, 533 P.2d772, 271 Or. 500.
Resolution Alternative Definition
(Lat. re, back, again, solvo, to loose, to free). A solemn judgment or decision of a court. This word is frequently used in this sense in Coke and some of the more ancient reporters. An agreement to a law or other thing adopted by a legislature or popular assembly. -Governing Bodies. Acts that are done by a city council in its ministerial capacity may be in the form of resolutions. Resolutions are special and temporary, applicable only to a single matter of passing moipent. 186 111. 571; 174 111. 445; 184 111. 51; 262 111. 396. Distinction between “resolution” and “ordinance.” See “Ordinance.” Distinguished from By-law. While a by-law may be in the form of a resolution, a resolution is not necessarily a by-law. The distinction between the two has been said to lie in the fact that a resolution applies to a single act of the corporation whereas a by-law is a permanent and continuing rule which is to be applied on all future occasions. 1 Fletcher Cyclopedia Corporations 977. In Civil Law. The act by which a contract which existed and was good is rendered null. “Resolution” differs essentially from “rescission.” The former presupposes the contract to have been valid, and it is owing to a cause posterior to the agreement that the resolution takes place; while rescission, on the contrary, supposes that some vice or defect annulled the contract from the beginning. Resolution may be by consent of the parties, or by the decision of a competent tribunal; rescission must always be by the judgment of a court. 7 Tropl. de la Vente, note 689; 7 Toullier, Dr. Civ. 551; Dalloz.
Synonyms of Resolution
(Decision), noun
- application
- constancy
- decretum
- determination
- earnestness
- firmness
- indefatigability
- intention
- obduracy
- obstinacy
- perseverance
- persistence
- purpose
- resoluteness
- resolve
- scitum
- sententia
- spunk
- staying power
- steadfastness
- steadiness
- tenacity
- will
- will power
- zealotry
(Formal statement), noun
- declaration
- deliverance
- formal expression
- plan
- presentation
- pronouncement
- proposal
- proposition
- statement
- written announcement
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A definition and brief description of Resolution in relation to national security is as follows:The ability of a sensor to detect objects of a specified size. The resolution of a satellite sensor or the images that it produces refers to the smallest object that can be detected.
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Translation of Resolution
- Spanish: Resolución internacional
- French: Résolution
- German: Entschließung
- Italian: Risoluzione
- Portuguese: Resolução
- Polish: Rezolucja
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