Judgement: The official decision of a court finally determining the respective rights and claims of the parties to a suit.
Jurisdiction: The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case.
Default judgement: A judgement rendered because of the defendant's failure to answer or appear.
Defendant: In a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
Judgement Proof:
A term to describe assets protected from being seized by a creditor. i.e. assets a creditor cannot seize by going to court and getting a judgement.
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.
Final Judgement: The written ruling on a lawsuit by the judge who presided at trial. This completes the case unless it is appealed to a higher court. Also called a final decree or final decision.
WordNet:
judgement by default
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Judgement that a criminal defendant has not been proved guilty beyond a reasonable doubt
Action
Legal proceedings.
It is a judgement or a decision taken by an appeal court in some previous case, which would form a basis of all similar cases or trials in the future.
CONVICTION - A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant. A condemnation.
Violation of these rules could lead to government action such as imprisonment or fine, or private action such as a legal judgement against the offender obtained by the person injured by the action prohibited by law.
TOP De minimis non curat lex : Latin: a common law principle whereby judges will not sit in judgement of extremely minor transgressions of the law. It has been restated as "the law does not concern itself with trifles".
" Archbishop or bishop: " Will you to the utmost of your power cause law and justice, in mercy, to be executed in all your judgements ? " King: " I will.
Under ancient English common law, when a party enforced a court judgement and then that judgement was overturned on appeal, the appellant could ask the appeal court for "restitution", ...
Judges seek these principles out when trying a case and apply the precedents to the facts to come up with a judgement. Common law is often contrasted with civil law systems which require all laws to be written in a code or written collection.
Arbitrated judgements are generally enforced and appealed in the same manner as ordinary court judgements; a majority of states have adopted the Uniform Arbitration Act to facilitate the enforcement of arbitrated judgements.
In medieval times, the extinction of civil rights took place when judgement of death or outlawry was recorded against a person who had committed treason or a felony.
Bailiff: An official of the county court who enforces the judgements and delivers notices, summonses and other such documents.
Execution - Carrying out some act or course of conduct to its completion. Execution is a process in action to carry into effect the directions in a decree or judgement.
Executor - A personal representative, named in a will, who administers an estate.
and judgment has passed thereon for or against him; but it does not mean that he shall not be tried for the offence, if the jury have been discharged from necessity or by consent, without giving any verdict; or, if having given a verdict, judgement ...
default Occurs when a defendant fails to respond to the plaintiff's complaint within the time allowed, or fails to appear at the trail. The court may then enter a default judgement.
court, that court is said to have exclusive jurisdiction; when it can be brought in any one of several courts, they are said to have concurrent jurisdiction. Jurisdiction also signifies the district or geographical limits within which the judgements ...
In other words, the judge is saying that, as a matter of law, no reasonable jury could decide in the plaintiffs favor. In a criminal case, a directed verdict is a judgement of acquittal for the defendant.
 See also: Judge, Court, Law, Case, Action
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