final judgment


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Noun1.final judgment - a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment
judicial decision, judgment, judgement - (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
judgment of conviction, sentence, conviction, condemnation - (criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
acquittal - a judgment of not guilty
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
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And although one cannot give a final judgment on all of these things unless one possesses the particulars of those states in which a decision has to be made, nevertheless I will speak as comprehensively as the matter of itself will admit.
This was Dulcie's final judgment in art; but it had never been upset.
The custodian could not sell one without an order from a superior; and that superior would have to get it from HIS superior; and this one would have to get it from a higher one--and so on up and up until the faculty should sit on the matter and deliver final judgment. The system was right, and nobody could find fault with it; but it did not seem justifiable to bother so many people, so I proceeded no further.
Each cycle as a whole, it will be seen, has a natural epic unity, centering about the majestic theme of the spiritual history and the final judgment of all Mankind.
There dwelt, there trode, the feet of one with whom she deemed herself connected in a union that, unrecognised on earth, would bring them together before the bar of final judgment, and make that their marriage-altar, for a joint futurity of endless retribution.
But this is--" He paused awhile, for the word "murder" was his final judgment.
That was her final judgment on the story as a whole - amateurish, though she did not tell him so.
Security Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP)'s Policy Board Khalid Mirza till the final judgment on his appeal.
'Everyone imprisoned by final judgment before 2013 is entitled to a recomputation of GCTAs earned if any.
Without admitting or denying the allegations in the SEC's complaint, the company consented to the entry of a final judgment pursuant to which it will pay a civil monetary penalty of $1.1M to the SEC.
A registered voter can be deactivated when he or she has been sentenced by final judgment to suffer imprisonment for not less than one year adjudged by final judgment of committing crime involving disloyalty to the government, such as rebellion, sedition, violation of the anti-subversion and firearms laws, or any crime against national security being declared by competent authority to be insane or incompetent.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had last Sunday raised the alarm that the AGF was at the head of an APC leaders' plot to mount pressure on the Acting Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN), Justice Tanko Mohammed, to reverse the February 12, 2019, final judgment of the Supreme Court.