Definition (English):1. A court's final determination of the rights and obligations of the parties in a case .• The term judgment includes an equitable decree and any order from which an appeal lies. Fed. R. Civ. P. 54. Also spelled (esp. in BrE) judgement. - Abbr. 1. - Also termed (historically) judgment ex cathedra. Cf. RULING (1); OPINION (1). [Cases: Federal Civil Procedure 2391-2628; Judgment C=o1.] 2. English law. An opinion delivered by a member of the appellate committee of the House of Lords; a Law Lord's judicial opinion. Also termed (in sense 2) speech.
Definition (Spanish):Proc. Resolución que decide definitivamente el pleito o causa en cualquier instancia o recurso, o que, según las leyes procesales, debe revestir esta forma.
Comments:judgment' may be differentiated from 'ruling' and 'finding' in that 'judment' would refer to the resolution of an entire case, and not any of the issues of fact or law piecemeal within the case.