JUDICIAL DECISION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does judicial decision mean? 

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

1. (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• JUDICIAL DECISION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

judgement; judgment; judicial decision

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

due process; due process of law ((law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards)

Domain category:

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

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

reversal (a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside)

affirmation (a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand)

cognovit judgement; cognovit judgment; confession of judgement; confession of judgment (a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings)

default judgement; default judgment; judgement by default; judgment by default (a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court))

non pros; non prosequitur (a judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court))

final decision; 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)

judgement in personam; judgment in personam; personal judgement; personal judgment (a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages)

judgement in rem; judgment in rem (a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons))

dismissal; judgement of dismissal; judgment of dismissal (a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial)

judgement on the merits; judgment on the merits (judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented)

judgement on the pleadings; judgment on the pleadings; summary judgement; summary judgment (a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law)

arbitrament; arbitration; arbitrement (the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment)

opinion; ruling (the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself))

finding (the decision of a court on issues of fact or law)