Judgment

AuthorDennis J. Mahoney
Pages1442

Page 1442

The judgment of a court is its conclusion or sentence of the law applied to the facts of a case. It is the court's final determination of the rights of the parties to the case. A judgment, once entered (unless successfully appealed), is conclusive as to the rights of the parties and ordinarily may not be challenged either in a future suit by the same parties or in a collateral proceeding. The judgment is essentially equivalent to the DECISION of the court. Judgments in EQUITY and admiralty cases are called "decrees"; judgments in criminal and ecclesiastical cases are called "sentences."

DENNIS J. MAHONEY

(1986)

(SEE ALSO: Final Judgment Rule; Habeas Corpus; Res...

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