FINAL JUDGMENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does final judgment mean? 

• FINAL JUDGMENT (noun)
  The noun FINAL JUDGMENT 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 JUDGMENT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FINAL JUDGMENT (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 judgment" 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 judgment"):

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)

 Context examples 

The final judgment in a legal proceeding.

(Adjudication, NCI Thesaurus)

That was her final judgment on the story as a whole—amateurish, though she did not tell him so.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

“The boy is willing enough. He will learn if he has a chance. But this is—” He paused awhile, for the word “murder” was his final judgment.

(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)