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split decision

–noun Boxing.
a decision of a bout on whose outcome the referee and judges did not unanimously agree.

Origin:
1945–50
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split decision  
n.  A decision declaring the winner of a boxing match in which the judges and referee are not unanimous in their opinions.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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