judgment, judgement, mind (noun)

an opinion formed by judging something

"he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind"

judgment, judgement, assessment (noun)

the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

"they criticized my judgment of the contestants"

judgment, judgement, judicial decision (noun)

(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

judgment, judgement, judging (noun)

the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement (noun)

the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

"opinions are usually written by a single judge"

judgment, judgement, sound judgment, sound judgement, perspicacity (noun)

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment, judgement, discernment (noun)

the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

judgment (Noun)

The act of judging.

judgment (Noun)

The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; as, a man of judgment; a politician without judgment.

judgment (Noun)

The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.

judgment (Noun)

The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.

judgment (Noun)

The final award; the last sentence.

Judgment

A judgment, in a legal context, is synonymous with the formal decision made by a court following a lawsuit. At the same time the court may also make a range of court orders, such as imposing a sentence upon a guilty defendant in a criminal matter, or providing a remedy for the plaintiff in a civil matter. In the United States, under the rules of civil procedure governing practice in federal courts and most state courts, the entry of judgment is the final order entered by the court in the case, leaving no further action to be taken by the court with respect to the issues contested by the parties to the lawsuit. With certain exceptions, only a final judgment is subject to appeal. In some legal systems, a judgment is not considered final until after appeals have been exhausted or waived.