Decision at Legal Glossary What is it? The outcome of a proceeding before a judge, arbitrator, government agency or other legal tribunal. Decision is a general term often used interchangeably with the terms judgment or opinion.
Decision: The opinion of the court in concluding a case at law.
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Decision - The opinion of the court in concluding a case at law.
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Decision: The judgment rendered by a court after a consideration of the facts and legal issues before it.
DECISION
The outcome of a proceeding before a judge, arbitrator, government agency or other legal tribunal. "Decision" is a general term often used interchangeably with the terms judgment or "opinion.
Decision - The opinion of the court in concluding a case at law.
Declaratory judgment - A statutory remedy for judicial determination of a controversy where plaintiff is in doubt about his legal rights.
Decision: The judgment reached or given by a court of law.
Declaratory Judgment: Judicial adjudication of the rights of the parties in a lawsuit made to clarify the parties' legal positions.
Decisions - The exercise in writing or orally by the Comptroller.
Deponent - The name given to a person who makes a deposition (i.e. affidavit) under oath.
decision: the determination reached by a court in any judicial proceeding, which is the basis of the judgment
declaratory judgment: one fixing rights of parties without ordering anything to be done ...
Decision - The judgment reached or given by a court of law.
Decree - An order of the court. A final decree is one that fully and finally disposes of the litigation.
DECISION, practice. A judgment given by a competent tribunal. The French lawyers call the opinions which they give on questions propounded to them, decisions. Vide Inst. 1, 2, 8 Dig. 1, 2, 2.
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decision of a court of law respecting the issues before it. The term ordinarily is not applied to the decree (order) of courts of equity.
Decision: An authoritative ruling (such as a judgment) that a court makes after a consideration of fact and/or law.
Decision of the Court of Justice under the EC Treaty, art 300, as to whether an envisaged agreement is compatible with the provisions of the Treaty.
A decision of (a) the members of a company; or (b) the board of directors of a company. Resolutions may be (i) ordinary resolutions; (ii) special resolutions; and (iii) extraordinary resolutions.
A decision which is beyond the powers or authority of the person or organization which took it.
When a decision is thought to be ultra vires, the typical remedy is to get a higher level judicial body, such as a Court, to assess and rule on it.
A decision by a judge or jury that a defendant in a criminal case is not guilty of a crime. An acquittal is not a finding of innocence; it is simply a conclusion that the prosecution has not proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.
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A 'decision not to warn of a specific, known hazard for which the acting agency is responsible is not the kind of broader social, economic or political policy decision that the discretionary function exception is intended to protect.' Sutton, 26 F.
The decision of a jury. In criminal cases, this is usually expressed as "guilty" or "not guilty". In a civil case, the verdict would be a finding for the claimant or for the defendant.
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The decision of the judge.
Jurisdiction
The right of a court to make decisions regarding a specific person (personal jurisdiction) or a certain matter (subject matter jurisdiction).
The decisions of the courts, and legislation, would ensure that laws would be subject to copyright law, in some respects. The American threshold for copyright coverage does contain requirements of both originality and creativity.
Rule of decision
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: something (as a law, rule of law, body of law, or prior decision) that governs a decision or adjudication < ...
Where a decision made within a company by the members of the company voting on a particular issue must be passed by a simple majority (more than 50% of the members). The members can vote in person, or appoint a proxy to vote on their behalf.
Refers to decisions made by administrative tribunals or government officials to which the rules of natural justice apply. In judicial decisions, the principles of natural justice always apply.
Decree: Decision or order of the court. A final decree completes the suit; an interlocutory decree is a provisional or preliminary decree which is not final.
Award: A decision made by a court to compensate a person for something.
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The decision of an umpire. This word is used for the judgment of an umpire, as the word award is employed to designate that of arbitrators.... more ...
d decreeA decision or order of the court. A final decree is one which fully and finally disposes of the litigation. An interlocutory decree is a preliminary decree which is not final.
Judgment - the decision of a judge or jury resolving a dispute and determining the rights and obligations of the parties.
Uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
United States Court of Appeals: Courts which hear appeals from federal district courts, bankruptcy courts, and tax courts.
Remand: The decision of an appellate court to send a case back to the trial court with instructions on how to correctly decide the case; often used with the term "reversed.
uphold: The decision of an appellate court not to reverse a lower court decision.
U.S. Attorney (or federal prosecutor): A lawyer appointed by the President in each judicial district to prosecute and defend cases for the federal government.
Verdict: The decision of a jury, which must be accepted by the trial judge to be final. A judgment by a judge sitting without a jury is not a verdict.
reversal
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reversible error
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Judgement
The decision of a court of law. Money judgments, when recorded, become a lien on real property of the defendant.
Late Charge
A penalty for failure to pay an installment on time.
Adjudication: A decision or sentence imposed by a judge.
Adjudicatory Hearing: Juvenile court proceeding to determine whether the allegations made in a petition are true and whether the child/youth should be subject to orders of the ...
TOP Pardon : A pardon is a government decision to allow a person who has been convicted of a crime, to be free and absolved of that conviction, as if never convicted.
Between routine government policy decision-making bodies and the traditional court forums lies a hybrid, sometimes called a "tribunal" or "administrative tribunal" and not necessarily presided by judges.
CaseA matter brought before the court for a decision. It includes criminal charges, applications, motions, enforcements and appeals.
Decree nisi A provisional decision of a court which does not have force or effect until a certain condition is met such as another petition brought before the court or after the passage of a period time, ...
Decision Any ruling by the court. It could be a final judgment or merely a ruling sustaining a via voce (spoken) motion at a hearing or trial.
The Truck Act Amendment Act 1887, amended and extended the act without adding any distinctly new principle; the Truck Act of 1896 was directed towards providing remedies for matters shown by decisions under the earlier Truck Acts to be outside the ...
Case law: Published court decisions which establish legal precedents, binding lower courts.
Caveat: (Latin: let him beware.) A formal warning.
de novo trial - Trying a matter anew; the same as if it had been heard before and as if no decision had been previously rendered.
Appeal - To ask a more senior court or person to review a decision of a subordinate court or person. Appeals can continue all the way up to the Supreme Court, where the decision is final.
Appearance - Coming into court as a party to a suit.
In the House of Commons Rulings from the Chair relate to decisions on procedure which have been referred to the Speaker for clarification.
Each reported (and some unreported) decisions by appellate and even trial level decisions in some states is given a unique set of alphanumeric identifiers that help attorneys refer to the case so others can look it up and review the ruling by that ...
opinion: the written product of a judge or judges handing down and explaining a decision. Opinions are usually written by appellate courts, but may also be written by trial judges who resolve legal issues at the trial level.
A request to change a decision or order. Usually an appeal will seek review of the decision by a different decision-maker.
Custody- Sole and Joint: Refers to the legal arrangements for which a child will live with and how decisions about the child will be made. Custody has two parts: legal and physical.
Opinion - A judge's written explanation of a decision of the court or of a majority of judges. A dissenting opinion disagrees with the majority opinion because of the reasoning and/or the principles of law on which the decision is based.
The constitution of England consists of customs, statutes, common laws, and decisions of fundamental importance. American constitutions are enacted; but the meaning of much of them is found in decided cases. Lieber, Eneye, Am., tit. Constitution.
Definition: refers to the legal authority to make major decisions on behalf of the child; this may include where the child will go to school, the type of education, the form of religious upbringing, and non-emergency medical decisions.
Reporters Books which contain court decisions.
Request for admission Also, Request to Admit. Written statements of facts concerning a case which are submitted to an adverse party and which that party must admit or deny; a discovery device.
Child Custody The court's determination of who will be the child's primary care giver and make decisions for the child.
common law: the body of law arising from decisions made by the courts. Also called "case law".
concurrent sentence: sentences for more than one crime in which the time of each is to be served at the same time, rather than successively ...
Determination
The final decision of a court.
Discovery
Various pre-trial procedures including depositions, interrogatories and requests for production, whereby parties obtain evidence to be used at trial.
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