FINAL DECISION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does final decision mean? 

• FINAL DECISION (noun)
  The noun FINAL DECISION has 1 sense:

1. 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

  Familiarity information: FINAL DECISION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FINAL DECISION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

final decision; final judgment

Hypernyms ("final decision" is a kind of...):

judgement; judgment; judicial decision ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "final decision"):

condemnation; conviction; judgment of conviction; sentence ((criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed)

acquittal (a judgment of not guilty)