Legal Definition and Related Resources of Opposition
Meaning of Opposition
In bankruptcy practice. The act of a creditor who declares his dissent to a debtor’s being discharged under the bankrupt laws.
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Synonyms of Opposition
noun
- antinomy
- challenge
- conflict
- confutation
- contention
- contrariety
- contrary action
- contravention
- counteraction
- counterattack
- counterplot
- counterworking
- denial
- disagreement
- disapprobation
- disapproval
- dissension
- enmity
- impugnation
- impugnment
- interference
- objection
- oppugnancy
- oppugnation
- protest
- protestation
- recalcitration
- refutation
- remonstrance
- remonstration
- resistance
- running counter to
- struggle
- traversal
- want of harmony
Opposition in Voting Law
Definition of Opposition in the context of the United States election law: Political groups and parties that are against the parliamentary majority, and the government formed by it, largely for ideological reasons.
Opposition in Voting Law
Definition of Opposition in the context of the United States election law: Political groups and parties that are against the parliamentary majority, and the government formed by it, largely for ideological reasons.
Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Opposition
(You may find opposition at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
late 14c., an astrological term for the situation of two heavenly bodies exactly across from one another in the heavens, from Old French oposicion (12c.) or directly from Latin oppositionem (nominative oppositio) “act of opposing, a placing against,” noun of action from past participle stem of opponere “set against” (see opponent). Meaning “that which is opposite something else” is from 1540s; meaning “contrast, antagonism” first attested 1580s; sense of “political party opposed to the one in power” is from 1704. Related: Oppositional.
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