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Judgment

An order from a judge or jury to pay a certain amount of money. Judgments usually come after a lawsuit or a criminal conviction. For example, if a company is sued and found liable, it may receive a judgment for, say, $1 million, which it must pay to the plaintiff. Also, if one is convicted of theft, one may be ordered to repay what one has stolen. See also: Out-of-Court Settlement.

judgment

An order of a court.

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The next thing to observe (although I do not personally doubt that most of our judgments of perception are true) is that it is very difficult to define any class of such judgments which can be known, by its intrinsic quality, to be always exempt from error.

Nevertheless, it is perhaps true that judgments having a high degree of subjective certainty are more apt to be true than other judgments.

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In the said judgment, the trial Judge, Justice John Tsoho ordered INEC to issue a Certificate of Return to Obiora Okonkwo as the winner of the Anambra Central Senatorial seat.

Court sets Jan 12 to decide fate of aAnambra Central Senatorial District election

4th DCA 2016), illustrates how a judgment creditor can acquire a judgment debtor's claim against a third party.

Post-judgment collection: stepping into the shoes of the judgment debtor in claims against third parties

In addition, assets of a judgment debtor could be in a different state or states.

Post-judgment collection strategies: know your basic options

Even in those states that have adopted the Uniform Foreign Money-Judgments Recognition Act (UFMJA) or have enacted legislation in similar form, myriad state law approaches to foreign judgments can complicate enforcement efforts, especially where a judgment debtor's assets may be located across various unknown U.

Using Chapter 15 to recover domestic assets of a foreign judgment debtor

Article 6 of Foreign Enforcement Law details the conditions to be met by a foreign judgment for it to be enforceable in Iraq, and as follows:

A LEGAL INSIGHT INTO THE ENFORCEMENT OF FOREIGN JUDGMENTS IN IRAQ

Eltman, Eltman & Cooper, the dormant judgment experts, have released a white paper explaining compliance landmines and how to avoid them.

Eltman, Eltman & Cooper Release Compliance White Paper

Thus, confirmation of a judgment by confession is a waste of time and money, unless the creditor is seeking a wage garnishment against the judgment debtor.

Confessions of an Illinois judgment: as more loans go bad, banks looking for better ways to collect from defaulting borrowers are turning to judgments by confession. The author explains how they work and argues they typically can be enforced as soon as they're entered, with no notice to the debtor

Jurisdictional deficiencies are not the only grounds for relief from final judgment under the Rules; indeed, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 60(b) ("Rule 60(b)") provides a total of six grounds for relief.

Vacatur of foreign judgments: options for collateral relief in courts of registration

Thereafter, in the German and Belgian proceedings, Defendant sought recognition of the Turkish judgment dismissing Plaintiff's claims.

Where one foreign nation's judgment conflicts with judgment from another nation, New York Court of Appeals interprets its version of Uniform Foreign Money Judgments Recognition Act as granting its courts discretion either to enforce latest judgment, or earlier judgment or neither judgment

On or about February 13, 2006, defendant Progressive filed a declaratory judgment action in the Supreme Court to have that court declare that plaintiff's assignors had staged the accident subject to the no-fault claims.