Legal Definition and Related Resources of Comment

As a verb, the term means to meditate upon, explain or write comments upon or on, and as a noun it means act or instance of commenting, remark or criticism. See state v Goyet, 132 A.2d 623, 120 Vt. 12.

verb

• allege
• animadvert
• annotate
• assert
• bring out
• censere
• clarify
• clear
• criticize
• declare
• define
• descant
• dilate upon
• discourse upon
• discuss
• elucidate
• enlighten
• enucleate
• exemplify
• expand on
• explain
• explicate
• exposit on
• expound
• express
• give a sense to
• gloss
• illuminate
• illustrate
• interject
• interpose
• interpret
• make clear
• make notes
• make observations
• make remarks
• mention
• note
• notice
• observe
• opine
• pass on
• point out
• posit
• postulate
• put a meaning on
• rationalize
• remark
• remark upon
• render intelligible
• reprove
• review
• saysententiam dicere
• shed light upon
• spell out
• state
• touch upon
• treat
• utter
• Associated Concepts: comment on defendant’s failure to testify
• comment on evidence
• comment on witness’ credibility
• comment upon the testimony
• comments on the weight of evidence
• prosecutor’s comments on evidence

noun

• animadversion
• annotation
• assertion
• averment
• censeo
• clarification
• commentary
• dictum
• elucidation
• enucleation
• example
• exegesis
• exemplification
• explanation
• explanatory note
• explication
• exposition
• expounding
• expression
• finding
• footnote
• gloss
• illumination
• illustration
• interpretation
• marginal annotation
• mention
• notation
• note
• note of explanation
• observation
• postulate
• reflection
• remark
• report
• scholium
• statement
• utterance
• word of explanation
• Associated Concepts: comment on defendant’s failure to testify
• comment on evidence
• comment on witness’ credibility
• comment upon the testimony
• comments on the weight of evidence

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Legal English Vocabulary: Comment in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term comment into Spanish: comentario (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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