1. According to reliable legal opinion, the conciliation process has vitiated the spirit and the letter of Amendment 138.

2. The newspaper The Australian said that according to expert legal opinion, any diner who suffers adverse health effects from passive smoking while eating a meal in a restaurant has the legal right to sue the restaurateur.

3. Hanzala, prominent leader of the 63/683 revolt against the Umayyad Caliph in Medina; the literary genre adab al-mufti in which a Muslim jurist issues a legal opinion; ajal, the Arabic term for the predetermined length of one's life; companion to the Prophet and contender for Caliph 'Ali b.