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Judgment
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JudgmentPractice. The decision or sentence of the law, given by a court of justice or other competent tribunal, as the result of proceedings instituted therein, for the redress of an injury.
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Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.
Decision
Practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions.
Sentence
A judgment, or judicial declaration made by a judge in a cause. The term judgment is more usually applied to civil, and sentence to criminal proceedings.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Justice
Fairness. A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances. In law, it more specifically refers to the paramount obligation to ensure that all persons are treated fairly. Litigants "seek justice" by asking for compensation for wrongs committed against them; to right the inequity such that, with the compensation, a wrong has been righted and the balance of "good" or "virtue" over "wrong" or "evil" has been corrected.
Tribunal
An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business.
Redress
The act of receiving satisfaction for an injury sustained.
Injury
Any legal harm, wrong or damage done to a person's body, property, rights or reputation, and that the law recognizes as deserving of redress.
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Judge
An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Judge advocate
An officer who, is a member of a court martial. His duties are to prosecute in the name of the United States, but he shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to leading questions to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself. He is further to swear the members of the court before they proceed upon any trial.
Judge's certificate
English practice. The judge who tries the cause is authorized by several statutes in certain cases to certify, so as to decide when the party or parties shall or shall not be entitled to costs.
Judge's notes
They are short statements, made by a judge on the trial of a cause, of what transpires in the course of such trial. They usually contain a statement of the testimony of witnesses; of documents offered or admitted in evidence; of offers of evidence and whether it has been received or rejected, and the like matters.
Judgment debtor
One who owes money as a result of a judgment in favor of a creditor.
Judgment of divorce
A formal written document that states that a man and a woman are divorced. this is prepared by an attorney and presented to the court for the judge to sign. in some states and provinces, this is recognized a the divorce decree or decree of dissolution.
Judgment poll
English law. A record made of the issue roll which, after final judgment has been given in the cause, assumes this name.
Judgment, arrest of
Practice. This takes place when the court withhold judgment from the plaintiff on the ground that there is some error appearing on the face of the record, which vitiates the proceedings. In consequence of such error, on whatever part of the record it may arise, from the commencement of the suit to the time when the motion in arrest of judgment is made, the court are bound to arrest the judgment.
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Judex a quo
A judge from whom an appeal may be taken; a judge of a court below.
Judex ad ouem
A judge to whom an appeal may be taken: a superior judge
Judge advocate
An officer who, is a member of a court martial. His duties are to prosecute in the name of the United States, but he shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to leading questions to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself. He is further to swear the members of the court before they proceed upon any trial.
Judge's certificate
English practice. The judge who tries the cause is authorized by several statutes in certain cases to certify, so as to decide when the party or parties shall or shall not be entitled to costs.
Judge's notes
They are short statements, made by a judge on the trial of a cause, of what transpires in the course of such trial. They usually contain a statement of the testimony of witnesses; of documents offered or admitted in evidence; of offers of evidence and whether it has been received or rejected, and the like matters.
Judgment
Judgment debtor
One who owes money as a result of a judgment in favor of a creditor.
Judgment of divorce
A formal written document that states that a man and a woman are divorced. this is prepared by an attorney and presented to the court for the judge to sign. in some states and provinces, this is recognized a the divorce decree or decree of dissolution.
Judgment poll
English law. A record made of the issue roll which, after final judgment has been given in the cause, assumes this name.
Judgment, arrest of
Practice. This takes place when the court withhold judgment from the plaintiff on the ground that there is some error appearing on the face of the record, which vitiates the proceedings. In consequence of such error, on whatever part of the record it may arise, from the commencement of the suit to the time when the motion in arrest of judgment is made, the court are bound to arrest the judgment.
Judicature
The state of those employed in the administration of justice, and in this sense it is nearly synonymous with judiciary. This term is also used to signify a tribunal; and sometimes it is employed to show the extent of jurisdiction, as, the judicature is upon writs of error.
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Practice
The form, manner and order of conducting and carrying on suits or prosecutions in the courts through their various stages, according, to the principles of law, and the rules laid down by the respective courts.
Decision
Practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions.
Sentence
A judgment, or judicial declaration made by a judge in a cause. The term judgment is more usually applied to civil, and sentence to criminal proceedings.
Law
A rule or body of rules of conduct inherent in human nature and essential to or binding upon human society. The learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system.
Court
A body in government to which the administration of justice is delegated.
Justice
Fairness. A state of affairs in which conduct or action is both fair and right, given the circumstances. In law, it more specifically refers to the paramount obligation to ensure that all persons are treated fairly. Litigants "seek justice" by asking for compensation for wrongs committed against them; to right the inequity such that, with the compensation, a wrong has been righted and the balance of "good" or "virtue" over "wrong" or "evil" has been corrected.
Tribunal
An assembly (including one or more judges) to conduct judicial business.
Redress
The act of receiving satisfaction for an injury sustained.
Injury
Any legal harm, wrong or damage done to a person's body, property, rights or reputation, and that the law recognizes as deserving of redress.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Judge
An elected or appointed public official with authority to hear and decide cases in a court of law.
Judge advocate
An officer who, is a member of a court martial. His duties are to prosecute in the name of the United States, but he shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to leading questions to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself. He is further to swear the members of the court before they proceed upon any trial.
Judge's certificate
English practice. The judge who tries the cause is authorized by several statutes in certain cases to certify, so as to decide when the party or parties shall or shall not be entitled to costs.
Judge's notes
They are short statements, made by a judge on the trial of a cause, of what transpires in the course of such trial. They usually contain a statement of the testimony of witnesses; of documents offered or admitted in evidence; of offers of evidence and whether it has been received or rejected, and the like matters.
Judgment debtor
One who owes money as a result of a judgment in favor of a creditor.
Judgment of divorce
A formal written document that states that a man and a woman are divorced. this is prepared by an attorney and presented to the court for the judge to sign. in some states and provinces, this is recognized a the divorce decree or decree of dissolution.
Judgment poll
English law. A record made of the issue roll which, after final judgment has been given in the cause, assumes this name.
Judgment, arrest of
Practice. This takes place when the court withhold judgment from the plaintiff on the ground that there is some error appearing on the face of the record, which vitiates the proceedings. In consequence of such error, on whatever part of the record it may arise, from the commencement of the suit to the time when the motion in arrest of judgment is made, the court are bound to arrest the judgment.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Judex a quo
A judge from whom an appeal may be taken; a judge of a court below.
Judex ad ouem
A judge to whom an appeal may be taken: a superior judge
Judge advocate
An officer who, is a member of a court martial. His duties are to prosecute in the name of the United States, but he shall so far consider himself as counsel for the prisoner, after the prisoner shall have made his plea, as to object to leading questions to any of the witnesses, or any question to the prisoner, the answer to which might tend to criminate himself. He is further to swear the members of the court before they proceed upon any trial.
Judge's certificate
English practice. The judge who tries the cause is authorized by several statutes in certain cases to certify, so as to decide when the party or parties shall or shall not be entitled to costs.
Judge's notes
They are short statements, made by a judge on the trial of a cause, of what transpires in the course of such trial. They usually contain a statement of the testimony of witnesses; of documents offered or admitted in evidence; of offers of evidence and whether it has been received or rejected, and the like matters.
Judgment
Judgment debtor
One who owes money as a result of a judgment in favor of a creditor.
Judgment of divorce
A formal written document that states that a man and a woman are divorced. this is prepared by an attorney and presented to the court for the judge to sign. in some states and provinces, this is recognized a the divorce decree or decree of dissolution.
Judgment poll
English law. A record made of the issue roll which, after final judgment has been given in the cause, assumes this name.
Judgment, arrest of
Practice. This takes place when the court withhold judgment from the plaintiff on the ground that there is some error appearing on the face of the record, which vitiates the proceedings. In consequence of such error, on whatever part of the record it may arise, from the commencement of the suit to the time when the motion in arrest of judgment is made, the court are bound to arrest the judgment.
Judicature
The state of those employed in the administration of justice, and in this sense it is nearly synonymous with judiciary. This term is also used to signify a tribunal; and sometimes it is employed to show the extent of jurisdiction, as, the judicature is upon writs of error.
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