legal judgment
Official court decision
A legal judgment is a court's formal decision resolving a dispute or case.
It determines the rights and obligations of the parties and typically concludes litigation: The court entered judgment in favor of the plaintiff.
Judgments may award damages, order specific actions, or declare legal status.
Once final, a judgment is enforceable and binding.
- verdictOfficial court decision
- guilty verdictCourt's culpability determination
- not guiltyCleared of charges
- rulingFormal legal determination
- final rulingConclusive legal determination
sentence · decree · decision · court order · gavel · courtroom · bench · appeal · conviction · damages · injunction · order · finding · opinion · precedent · statute · liability · civil damages
- debtscredit card debt, car loan, student loan, loans, bank loan
- judgmentscriticize, evaluate, assess, condemn, verdict
- paycheck deductionsincome tax, federal tax, state tax, withholding, health premium
- debt enforcementdebt collection, debt recovery, garnishment, wage garnishment, levy
legal judgmentconjecture
Guess from limited facts
speculation · guess · hearsay · hunch · gut feeling
legal judgmentmistrial
Invalid court proceeding
hung jury · complaint · allegation · accusation · charge
legal judgmentsettlement
Resolved dispute or colony
out-of-court settlement · plea bargain · compromise · consent decree · dismissal
legal, legally, legality, legalize, legalization, illegal, illegally, illegality, judge