divided court
divided court 〈美〉法官意见有分歧的法院 指上诉审法院对某一具体案件作出判决时，法官不能形成一致的意见，尤指多数意见〔majority〕比较微弱的情形，如美国最高法院以5︰4作出的判决。 (→division of opinion)
divided court
divided court
divided court. An appellate court whose opinion or decision in a particular case is not unanimous, esp. when the majority is slim, as in a 5-to-4 decision of the U.S. Supreme Court.