Dobbs

From a medieval diminutive form of the given name Robert + the patronymic suffix -s.

Dobbs (countable and uncountable, plural Dobbses)

1. A surname originating as a patronymic.
2. (This is a hot sense, kept provisionally) (US, law, US politics, informal, uncountable, neologism) Ellipsis of Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. A 2022 U.S. Supreme Court ruling which stated that access to abortion was not a constitutionally protected right, overturning the earlier Roe ruling which established this unenumerated right.

   Coordinate terms: Roe, Casey, substantive due process

   • 2022 June 26, “Experts Break Down Six Key Passages in Dobbs”, in New York Times, page SR 4:

     BY OVERTURNING Roe v. Wade, Dobbs is sure to go down as one of the more consequential Supreme Court decisions, undoing a constitutional right that's been in place for nearly half a century and delivering a decisive victory to the anti-abortion movement.

Dobb +‎ -s

Dobbs

1. plural of Dobb