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    <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;An &lt;fen&gt;Authority&lt;/fen&gt; with the power to make decisions hands down a &lt;fen&gt;Finding&lt;/fen&gt; over a question presented in a formal or informal &lt;fen&gt;Case&lt;/fen&gt;. 

&lt;ex&gt;&lt;fex name="Authority"&gt;The judge&lt;/fex&gt; &lt;t&gt;ruled&lt;/t&gt; &lt;fex name="Time"&gt;yesterday&lt;/fex&gt; &lt;fex name="Finding"&gt;that the revisions were not adequate&lt;/fex&gt;. &lt;fex name="Case"&gt;DNI&lt;/fex&gt;&lt;/ex&gt;

&lt;ex&gt;&lt;fex name="Authority"&gt;A high court in London&lt;/fex&gt; &lt;t&gt;ruled&lt;/t&gt; &lt;fex name="Case"&gt;on the case&lt;/fex&gt; &lt;fex name="Finding"&gt;that a vulture fund can extract more than $20 million from Zambia for a debt&lt;/fex&gt;.&lt;/ex&gt;

&lt;ex&gt;&lt;fex name="Case"&gt;In the California case&lt;/fex&gt;, &lt;fex name="Authority"&gt;a judge&lt;/fex&gt; &lt;t&gt;ruled&lt;/t&gt; &lt;fex name="Time"&gt;Oct. 12&lt;/fex&gt; &lt;fex name="Finding"&gt;that Tendler must pay the bloggers' legal fees&lt;/fex&gt;.&lt;/ex&gt;

&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
    <FE bgColor="FF0000" fgColor="FFFFFF" coreType="Core" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 04:35:19 PDT Mon" abbrev="Aut" name="Authority" ID="12868">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;The Authority (which may be the jury, judge, magistrate or court) decides on the &lt;fen&gt;Finding&lt;/fen&gt;.

&lt;ex&gt;&lt;fex name="Authority"&gt;The US International Trade Commission&lt;/fex&gt; &lt;t&gt;ruled&lt;/t&gt; &lt;fex name="Finding"&gt;that a 1987 anti-dumping tariff against frozen concentrated orange juice from Brazil could be revoked&lt;/fex&gt; &lt;fex name="Case"&gt;DNI&lt;/fex&gt;.&lt;/ex&gt;&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
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    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="9F79EE" fgColor="FFFFFF" coreType="Core" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 04:35:19 PDT Mon" abbrev="Fin" name="Finding" ID="12869">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;This FE identifies the outcome of the &lt;fen&gt;Authority&lt;/fen&gt;'s deliberation or consideration.

&lt;ex&gt;Miss Mahmod's father &lt;t&gt;ruled&lt;/t&gt; &lt;fex name="Finding"&gt;that she would never marry him&lt;/fex&gt;.&lt;/ex&gt;&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="1E90FF" fgColor="FFFFFF" coreType="Core" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 04:35:19 PDT Mon" abbrev="Case" name="Case" ID="12872">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;This FE describes the question on which the &lt;fen&gt;Authority&lt;/fen&gt; gives a &lt;fen&gt;Finding&lt;/fen&gt;.

&lt;ex&gt;US Supreme Court &lt;t&gt;ruled&lt;/t&gt; &lt;fex name="Case"&gt;on flag salutes in public schools&lt;/fex&gt; today.&lt;/ex&gt;&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="FFA500" fgColor="FFFFFF" coreType="Peripheral" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 04:35:19 PDT Mon" abbrev="Time" name="Time" ID="12873">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;When the Authority gives his &lt;fen&gt;Finding&lt;/fen&gt;.&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
        <semType name="Time" ID="141"/>
    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="008000" fgColor="FFFFFF" coreType="Peripheral" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 04:35:19 PDT Mon" abbrev="Pla" name="Place" ID="12874">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;Where the &lt;fen&gt;Finding&lt;/fen&gt; takes place.&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
        <semType name="Locative_relation" ID="182"/>
    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="00BFFF" fgColor="000000" coreType="Peripheral" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 04:35:19 PDT Mon" abbrev="Leg" name="Legal_basis" ID="12875">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;This FE indicates the basis in law of a &lt;fen&gt;Finding&lt;/fen&gt;.
&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="9400D3" fgColor="FFFFFF" coreType="Extra-Thematic" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 04:35:20 PDT Mon" abbrev="Cir" name="Circumstances" ID="12876">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;The &lt;fen&gt;Circumstances&lt;/fen&gt; under which the ruling was reached.
&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="FF00FF" fgColor="FFFFFF" coreType="Peripheral" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 04:35:20 PDT Mon" abbrev="Man" name="Manner" ID="12877">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;This FE identifies the &lt;fen&gt;Manner&lt;/fen&gt; in which the &lt;fen&gt;Authority&lt;/fen&gt; acts.
&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
        <semType name="Manner" ID="173"/>
    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="800080" fgColor="FFFFFF" coreType="Peripheral" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 04:35:20 PDT Mon" abbrev="Pur" name="Purpose" ID="12878">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;This FE identifies the purpose why the &lt;fen&gt;Authority&lt;/fen&gt; returns a particular &lt;fen&gt;Finding&lt;/fen&gt;.
&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
        <semType name="State_of_affairs" ID="177"/>
    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="FF69B4" fgColor="FFFFFF" coreType="Peripheral" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 04:35:20 PDT Mon" abbrev="Mea" name="Means" ID="12879">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;This FE identifies an action that the &lt;fen&gt;Authority&lt;/fen&gt; performs in order to return the verdict.&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
        <semType name="State_of_affairs" ID="177"/>
    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="90876C" fgColor="FFFFFF" coreType="Extra-Thematic" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 04:35:20 PDT Mon" abbrev="exp" name="Explanation" ID="12880">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;The &lt;fen&gt;Explanation&lt;/fen&gt; for the &lt;fen&gt;Finding&lt;/fen&gt;.
&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
        <semType name="State_of_affairs" ID="177"/>
    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="EEE8AA" fgColor="800080" coreType="Peripheral" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 05:18:25 PDT Mon" abbrev="Ree" name="Re-encoding" ID="12881">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;This FE presents the current frame as an integral part of a larger conceptualization expressed by another frame. The frame expressed by the target typically corresponds to a Means action within the frame expressed by the Re-encoding, but not necessarily&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
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    <FE bgColor="00008B" fgColor="FFFFFF" coreType="Extra-Thematic" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 05:29:50 PDT Mon" abbrev="Par" name="Particular_iteration" ID="12882">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;Expressions marked with this extra-thematic FE modify a non-iterative use of the target, and indicate that it is conceived as embedded within an iterated series of similar events or states. In addition, most expressions of Particular_iteration indicate which instance of the series is being referred to.&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="7CCD73" fgColor="FFFFFF" coreType="Extra-Thematic" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 05:30:48 PDT Mon" abbrev="Cf" name="Communicative_force" ID="12883">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;This FE indicates the &lt;fen&gt;Communicative_force&lt;/fen&gt; or authority with which the ruling event operates (often denoted by words such as "officially," "formally," "technically," etc.). &lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="FFD700" fgColor="00008B" coreType="Extra-Thematic" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 05:51:25 PDT Mon" abbrev="Dur" name="Duration" ID="12884">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;The amount of time that a &lt;fen&gt;Finding&lt;/fen&gt; holds.&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
    </FE>
    <FE bgColor="0000FF" fgColor="FFFFFF" coreType="Core" cBy="CVa" cDate="02/19/2013 04:11:04 PST Tue" abbrev="D" name="Defendant" ID="15870">
        <definition>&lt;def-root&gt;The person about whom the &lt;fen&gt;Authority&lt;/fen&gt; passes a judgment or &lt;fen&gt;Finding&lt;/fen&gt;.

&lt;ex&gt;They held &lt;t&gt;judgment&lt;/t&gt; &lt;fex name="D"&gt;upon me&lt;/fex&gt; as a convicted traitress.&lt;/ex&gt;&lt;/def-root&gt;</definition>
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        <relatedFrame ID="198">Intentionally_act</relatedFrame>
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    <frameRelation type="Is Inherited by">
        <relatedFrame ID="318">Verdict</relatedFrame>
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    <frameRelation type="Perspective on"/>
    <frameRelation type="Is Perspectivized in"/>
    <frameRelation type="Uses">
        <relatedFrame ID="6">Communication</relatedFrame>
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    <frameRelation type="Is Used by"/>
    <frameRelation type="Subframe of"/>
    <frameRelation type="Has Subframe(s)"/>
    <frameRelation type="Precedes"/>
    <frameRelation type="Is Preceded by"/>
    <frameRelation type="Is Inchoative of"/>
    <frameRelation type="Is Causative of"/>
    <frameRelation type="See also"/>
    <lexUnit status="Finished_Initial" POS="V" name="rule.v" ID="15140" lemmaID="33744" cBy="KmG" cDate="06/23/2008 04:54:28 PDT Mon">
        <definition>COD: pronounce authoritatively and legally to be the case</definition>
        <sentenceCount annotated="46" total="177"/>
        <lexeme order="1" headword="false" breakBefore="false" POS="V" name="rule"/>
    </lexUnit>
    <lexUnit status="Finished_Initial" POS="V" name="judge.v" ID="16838" lemmaID="21102" cBy="CVa" cDate="01/17/2012 11:56:48 PST Tue">
        <definition>FN: to rule authoritatively and legally to be the case </definition>
        <sentenceCount annotated="10" total="96"/>
        <lexeme order="1" headword="false" breakBefore="false" POS="V" name="judge"/>
    </lexUnit>
    <lexUnit status="Finished_Initial" POS="V" name="decree.v" ID="16839" lemmaID="9852" cBy="CVa" cDate="01/17/2012 12:46:55 PST Tue">
        <definition>FN: to rule authoritatively and leagally to be the case</definition>
        <sentenceCount annotated="11" total="102"/>
        <lexeme order="1" headword="false" breakBefore="false" POS="V" name="decree"/>
    </lexUnit>
    <lexUnit status="New" POS="V" name="adjudicate.v" ID="16840" lemmaID="502" cBy="CVa" cDate="01/17/2012 01:19:45 PST Tue">
        <definition>FN: to judge authoritatively and legally</definition>
        <sentenceCount annotated="2" total="60"/>
        <lexeme order="1" headword="false" breakBefore="false" POS="V" name="adjudicate"/>
    </lexUnit>
    <lexUnit status="Created" POS="N" name="judgment.n" ID="17332" lemmaID="51624" cBy="CVa" cDate="02/19/2013 04:19:18 PST Tue">
        <definition>FN: a decision ruled upon by a legal authority</definition>
        <sentenceCount annotated="1" total="1"/>
        <lexeme order="1" headword="true" breakBefore="false" POS="N" name="judgment"/>
    </lexUnit>
    <lexUnit status="Created" POS="V" name="deem.v" ID="17333" lemmaID="9869" cBy="CVa" cDate="02/19/2013 04:20:28 PST Tue">
        <definition>FN: to rule upon as a legal authority</definition>
        <sentenceCount annotated="0" total="0"/>
        <lexeme order="1" headword="false" breakBefore="false" POS="V" name="deem"/>
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