Final Judgment (Noun)
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.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The trial concluded with the final judgment, awarding the plaintiff damages and dismissing the defendant's claims.
- In this jurisdiction, there can be no appeal of an interlocutory decree if it has not merged into a final judgment.
- If there are no pending claims in a suit and all that remains to be done is the execution of a decree already made, a decree previously interlocutory has become the final judgment.
- She prepared to write her appeal but discovered she was unable to until a final judgment was issued, at which time her client was denied bail.
- According to rule 58, if no motion to reconsider has been timely made under Rule 59 of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, an otherwise complete disposition will constitute the final judgment in an action.