noun
Definition 1
Decision of court or enquiry.
Source: Invertext
Context: The European Court of First Instance this week brought the nine-year antitrust battle between the European Commission and Microsoft to a close, finding the software group guilty of abusing its Windows monopoly. The decision reinforces the Commission's 2004 findings: that Microsoft abused its near-monopoly in personal computers to stymie competitors.
Source: Financial Times 23/09/2007