dissental

English

Etymology

dissent +‎ -al

Noun

dissental (plural dissentals)

  1. (US, law, colloquial) A dissent from an order denying rehearing en banc.
    • 2012, Alex Kozinski, James Burnham, “I Say Dissental, You Say Concurral”, in The Yale Law Journal Online:
      Increasing numbers of circuit judges are writing dissents from, and concurrences in, orders denying rehearing en banc—colloquially known as dissentals and concurrals.

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