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hand down
verb
- to leave to a later period or generation; bequeath
- to pass (an outgrown garment) on from one member of a family to a younger one
- law to announce or deliver (a verdict)
Example Sentences
As Richlin handed down his ruling, he referred to the indictment as “quite extensive,” and said, “the court does believe there is substantial evidence, lengthy evidence, this is not innuendo in the indictment.”
Hundreds of toy cars, handed down from our older son to his younger brother, gone without trace.
Several justices have voiced skepticism over district judges handing down rulings that set a national rule.
Prisons are the only place in the U.S. where people are guaranteed health care due to a 1976 decision handed down in the court case Estelle v.
Those convictions, handed down with the death penalty in 2009, were reversed Thursday in the court’s sweeping decision.
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