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organisation of the legal system > judicial system > judgement (sentence)

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judgement (sentence)  

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  • The official and authentic decision of a court of justice upon the respective rights and claims of the parties to an action or suit therein litigated and submitted to its determination. The final decision of the court resolving the dispute and determining the rights and obligations of the parties. The law's last word in a judicial controversy, it being the final determination by a court of the rights of the parties upon matters submitted to it in an action or proceeding.

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http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept/11556

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