upholding
Verb
  1. present participle of uphold#English|uphold
Noun

upholding (plural upholdings)

  1. The act by which something is upheld.
    • 2010, Tom S. Clark, The Limits of Judicial Independence
      […] the considerable political controversy that has surrounded important historical instances of judicial invalidations and judicial upholdings of federal legislation […]



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