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(law, rare) Rejection by judicial sentence.
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(law) A doctrine providing immunity from suit by private parties for certain government officials and witnesses in judicial proceedings, even if the act or testimony was illegal, false, or made in bad faith.
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(law) The rendering of a decision by a court that is so unreasonable in light of the facts of the case or is such an unreasonable deviation from legal precedent that it must be reversed.
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Alternative form of adjudgment [The action of imposing judgment.]
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The action of imposing judgment.
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Obsolete form of award. [(law) A judgment, sentence, or final decision. Specifically: The decision of arbitrators in a case submitted.]
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(countable) A specific policy with such a goal.
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(US, law) Evidence discovered after a legal decision has been reached. A party may attempt to have the decision reversed using this evidence. They must first prove that the evidence could not have been discovered until after the decision was reached.
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(historical, Roman antiquity) A canvassing for votes.
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The judgement of an arbiter or arbitrator; an arbitration.
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Alternative spelling of arbitrament [The judgement of an arbiter or arbitrator; an arbitration.]
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A formula in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
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(countable) A firmly held belief.
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(obsolete, law) Given by a judge, as distinguished from being cast upon a party by the law itself.
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(chiefly combat sports) A result arrived at by the judges when there is no clear winner at the end of the contest.
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The act or process of judging or of forming an opinion; judgment, estimation.
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A measure put directly to a vote after being submitted by a petition.
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(US, law) A doctrine which requires that evidence obtained as the result of an illegal act on the part of law enforcement personnel (such as a warrantless search, or continued questioning a witness who has invoked the right of counsel) must therefore be excluded from being admitted as evidence in a trial. This rule does not apply in civil proceedings, although statutes sometime specifically provide for exclusion of such evidence.
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(law) Evidence based on the reports of others, which is normally inadmissible because it was not made under oath, rather than on personal knowledge.
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(law) A jury in a legal trial that is unable to reach or come to a verdict because the jurors cannot agree on a decision.
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(law) An exemption from prosecution.
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(law) Being or pertaining to an injunction.
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(law) Describing a trial system in which the prosecutor also acts as judge.
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(business, colloquial) A consultant who is willing to criticise the organisation that they work for.
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A person applying for a patent that conflicts with an earlier one.
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(law) The principle that a judge should base their decision on the strength of the arguments rather than their quantity.
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Obsolete spelling of judgement
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obsolete typography of justice [The state or characteristic of being just or fair.]
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Pronunciation spelling of judgment. [The act of judging.]
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(chiefly Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of judgment. [The act of judging.]
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Alternative spelling of judgment call [(sports) A ruling by an umpire, referee, or similar official during a sporting event, based on his or her perception of events and in the absence of any objective measurement.]
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Alternative spelling of judgmental [Of or relating to judgment.]
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Alternative form of judgmentalism [judgmental behaviour or attitude]
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Alternative spelling of judgy. [(informal) Inclined to make judgments; judgmental.]
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The act of making a judgment.
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Any decision or other determination based on subjective criteria, especially one which takes into account the particular circumstances of a situation.
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Alternative form of judgement day [(Christianity, Islam, Judaism) The Last Judgment, Final Judgment, final trial of all humankind, both the living and dead by God expected to take place at the end of the world, when each is rewarded or punished according to his or her merits.]
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A judgment in which a stratagem is invoked in order to reveal the true feelings of the opposing parties.
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(law) Of a person whom a judgment cannot be enforced against.
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(chiefly of a person) Inclined to rashly pass judgment, critical.
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(informal) Inclined to make judgments; judgmental.
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The act of judging, judgment.
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By which a judgement can be made; decisive, critical.
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Obsolete spelling of judgment [The act of judging.]
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Relating to or comprising an oath.
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(law) A case that can be settled by the court using already existing law.
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(chiefly Commonwealth) Alternative spelling of Last Judgment. [The judgement day.]
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(dated, rare) A person, organisation or state who receives a mandate; a mandatary.
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(Australia, colloquial) (said of a subject) mandatory.
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(law) An issue concerning the factual circumstances of a cause of action that is to be tried or proved; an allegation forming the basis of a claim or defense, as opposed to a matter of law.
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(law) A statement of facts set out in the form of a petition to a person in authority, a court or tribunal, a government, etc.
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(US, law) A test for determining whether speech or expression can be labelled obscene, in which case it is not protected by the First Amendment to the United States Constitution and can be prohibited.
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A series of referendums on the same issue held in an attempt to achieve an unpopular result.
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(obsolete) One who makes objection; an objector.
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(law) In United States intellectual property law, a proceeding in which an interested party seeks to prevent the registration of a trademark or patent.
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(law, derogatory) A pragmatic approach to justice that is entirely discretionary and transcends legal rights or precedent, enabling the court to make such order as it thinks fair and just in the circumstances of the case.
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(countable) A request; a petition.
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(law) A court order prohibiting a party to litigation from carrying on a course of action until a trial has determined whether the course of action is proper.
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Assumption of judgment by individual reason on matters which are not amenable to a lower tribunal than the universal reason of the race.
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(law) Of or pertaining to prosecution.
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Being or relating to a protest against something.
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One who is in favor of ratification.
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An opinion or judgement.
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(US, law) A legal test that is used to determine whether the use of a celebrity's name in the title of a creative work infringes on that celebrity's trademark rights.
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Abbreviation of sentence. [(dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict.]
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(now rare) A pronounced opinion or judgment on a given question.
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A verdict in which specific facts are found and put on the record.
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(law) Someone only incidentally or tangentially connected to an incident or dispute; someone other than the principals; a bystander or independent witness.
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Alternative spelling of value judgment [(philosophy) A judgment of the rightness or wrongness of something, based on a particular set of values or on a particular value system.]
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An opinion or judgement.
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(pragmatics) A speech act whereby a judgment is issued.
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any judgment of intellect leading not only to a formal opinion but also to a particular choice in a legally relevant measure, a point of view as published
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(US, law) A person who is utterly opposed to capital punishment and therefore may be excluded as a juror.
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