Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Agreeing.
- adjective (Geom.) one which, being laid on another, exactly meets every part of it, or one which corresponds with another in all its parts.
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- verb Present participle of
concur .
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- adjective being of the same opinion
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Examples
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Chairman Martin, Commissioners Copps and Tate; Commissioner Adelstein concurring, dissenting in part.
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You then have what are called concurring opinions and dissent, and two justices names don't appear there at all: Justices O'Connor and Justice Kennedy.
CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Al Gore Delivers Concession Speech - December 14, 2000 2000
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Mindful of his senate testimony, the Chief Justice wrote a 14-page mea culpa (in legal parlance called a concurring opinion) explaining why his vote to overrule earlier cases did not overrule his testimony before the U.S. S.nate.
CounterPunch 2010
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Mindful of his senate testimony, the Chief Justice wrote a 14-page mea culpa (in legal parlance called a concurring opinion) explaining why his vote to overrule earlier cases did not overrule his testimony before the U.S. S.nate.
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Chairman Martin, Commissioners Copps and Tate; Commissioner Adelstein concurring.
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Chairman Martin, Commissioners Copps and Tate; Commissioner Adelstein concurring.
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All these Justices presented what are termed "concurring" opinions.
The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 Edward Samuel Corwin 1920
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Strike out all after the word "concurring," and insert "that this Legislature take a recess after Saturday, the 28th inst., to meet again on the last Monday of January, 1864, in the city of Jackson, Mississippi; Provided, that in case of there being danger from any cause, the Governor shall, by proclamation indicate the place for the meeting of the Legislature."
Journal of the House of Representatives of the State of Mississippi, December Session of 1862, and November Session of 1863 Mississippi. Legislature. House of Representatives 1862
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As Justice Ginsburg explained in a concurring opinion, a prohibition of partial birth abortion does not save a single fetus.
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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Justice Antonin Scalia released a short concurring opinion stating that there would be “irreparable harm.”
The Conservative Assault on the Constitution Erwin Chemerinsky 2010
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