Sentence examples for a split judgment from inspiring English sources
In a split judgment from the US court of appeals for the DC circuit that deals with Guantánamo, the judges ruled by 2-1 to allow detainees to challenge the conditions of their confinement, specifically force-feeding, in habeas corpus petitions to the federal courts.
These 12 Americans returned a split judgment: The nephew convicted, politician acquitted.
"Most of the decisions are split-second judgments, and I don't think that will help you make a split-second judgment".
"I should have been in a jump-off for the gold, but I made a split-second judgment error," he said.
Other experts noted that the members of the Navy Seals faced difficult conditions, moving through dim rooms under gunfire, and needing to make a split-second judgment about whether Bin Laden posed a threat.
"There are skydivers with thousands of jumps, that have won world championships in this kind of thing and they've been killed or injured because it's a split-second judgment in that last portion of time". Mr Chaffe's mother, Karen Turner, said she was "satisfied" with the outcome of the inquest.
The other reason is that a split-second judgment in a real life confrontation bears little resemblance to shooting at a cardboard target, or to the plot line of a typical crime melodrama.
If a fielder throws wide of you, you'll need to make a split-second judgment call -- if you think you can stretch and reach the throw, then do so, keeping your foot on the base and reaching out, timing your stretch so that if you fall, it is just a second after you'll have caught the ball and recorded the out.
Sean Nienow, who ran Bachmann's district office for a year before a split he called mutual, is among those reserving judgment.
Fatigue, common during sustained and highly intense tactical situations, may jeopardize judgment in differentiating friend from foe in a split second decision.
That judgment helped force the resignation of then president Thabo Mbeki and led to a split in the African National Congress.
