judgment call
noun
Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
any subjective or debatable determination; personal opinion or interpretation.
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Origin of judgment call
First recorded in 1840–50
Words nearby judgment call
judges' rules, judgmatic, judgment, judgmental, Judgment Book, judgment call, Judgment Day, judgment debt, judgment note, Judgment of Paris, judgy
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