judgment (redirected from Opinion of U.S. District Court, N.D. Texas, June 17, 1970)

judg·ment also judge·ment  (jjmnt)

n.

1. The act or process of judging; the formation of an opinion after consideration or deliberation.

2.

a. The mental ability to perceive and distinguish relationships; discernment: Fatigue may affect a pilot's judgment of distances.

b. The capacity to form an opinion by distinguishing and evaluating: His judgment of fine music is impeccable.

c. The capacity to assess situations or circumstances and draw sound conclusions; good sense: She showed good judgment in saving her money. See Synonyms at reason.

3. An opinion or estimate formed after consideration or deliberation, especially a formal or authoritative decision: awaited the judgment of the umpire.

4. Law

a. A determination of a court of law; a judicial decision.

b. A court act creating or affirming an obligation, such as a debt.

c. A writ in witness of such an act.

5. An assertion of something believed.

6. A misfortune believed to be sent by God as punishment for sin.

7. Judgment The Last Judgment.

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[Middle English jugement, from Old French, from jugier, to judge, from Latin idicre; see judge.]

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judgment, judgement [ˈdʒʌdʒmənt]

n

1. the faculty of being able to make critical distinctions and achieve a balanced viewpoint; discernment

2. (Law)

a.  the decision or verdict pronounced by a court of law

b.  an obligation arising as a result of such a decision or verdict, such as a debt

c.  the document recording such a decision or verdict

d.  (as modifier) a judgment debtor

3. the formal decision of one or more judges at a contest or competition

4. a particular decision or opinion formed in a case in dispute or doubt

5. an estimation a good judgment of distance

6. criticism or censure

7. (Philosophy / Logic) Logic

a.  the act of establishing a relation between two or more terms, esp as an affirmation or denial

b.  the expression of such a relation

against one's better judgment contrary to a more appropriate or preferred course of action

(Law)

sit in judgment

a.  (Law) to preside as judge

b.  to assume the position of critic

in someone's judgment in someone's opinion

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Judgment [ˈdʒʌdʒmənt]

n

1. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) the estimate by God of the ultimate worthiness or unworthiness of the individual (the Particular Judgment) or of all mankind (the General Judgment or Last Judgment)

2. (Christian Religious Writings / Theology) God's subsequent decision determining the final destinies of all individuals

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	judgment - an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" judgement, mind conclusion, decision, determination - a position or opinion or judgment reached after consideration; "a decision unfavorable to the opposition"; "his conclusion took the evidence into account"; "satisfied with the panel's determination" opinion, persuasion, sentiment, thought, view - a personal belief or judgment that is not founded on proof or certainty; "my opinion differs from yours"; "I am not of your persuasion"; "what are your thoughts on Haiti?"
	2.	judgment - the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" assessment, judgement human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen justice - judgment involved in the determination of rights and the assignment of rewards and punishments adjudication - the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented disapproval - the act of disapproving or condemning evaluation, rating - act of ascertaining or fixing the value or worth of estimate, estimation - a judgment of the qualities of something or somebody; "many factors are involved in any estimate of human life"; "in my estimation the boy is innocent" logistic assessment - a judgment of the logistic support required for some particular military operation value judgement, value judgment - an assessment that reveals more about the values of the person making the assessment than about the reality of what is assessed
	3.	judgment - (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it judicial decision, judgement due process, due process of law - (law) the administration of justice according to established rules and principles; based on the principle that a person cannot be deprived of life or liberty or property without appropriate legal procedures and safeguards reversal - a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was incorrect and should be set aside affirmation - a judgment by a higher court that the judgment of a lower court was correct and should stand cognovit judgement, cognovit judgment, confession of judgement, confession of judgment - a judgment entered after a written confession by the debtor without the expense of ordinary legal proceedings default judgement, default judgment, judgement by default, judgment by default - a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court) non pros, non prosequitur - a judgment entered in favor of the defendant when the plaintiff has not continued his action (e.g., has not appeared in court) final decision, final judgment - a judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment judgement in personam, judgment in personam, personal judgement, personal judgment - a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages judgement in rem, judgment in rem - a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons) dismissal, judgement of dismissal, judgment of dismissal - a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial judgement on the merits, judgment on the merits - judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented judgement on the pleadings, judgment on the pleadings, summary judgement, summary judgment - a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law arbitrament, arbitrement, arbitration - the act of deciding as an arbiter; giving authoritative judgment; "they submitted their disagreement to arbitration" ruling, opinion - the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself) finding - the decision of a court on issues of fact or law law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	4.	judgment - the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions judging, judgement deciding, decision making - the cognitive process of reaching a decision; "a good executive must be good at decision making" prejudgement, prejudgment - a judgment reached before the evidence is available
	5.	judgment - the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge" judgement, legal opinion, opinion legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument - (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right concurring opinion - an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning dissenting opinion - an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case majority opinion - the opinion joined by a majority of the court (generally known simply as `the opinion') fatwah - (Islam) a legal opinion or ruling issued by an Islamic scholar; "bin Laden issued three fatwahs calling upon Muslims to take up arms against the United States" dictum, obiter dictum - an opinion voiced by a judge on a point of law not directly bearing on the case in question and therefore not binding law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"
	6.	judgment - the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions sound judgement, sound judgment, perspicacity, judgement trait - a distinguishing feature of your personal nature objectiveness, objectivity - judgment based on observable phenomena and uninfluenced by emotions or personal prejudices subjectiveness, subjectivity - judgment based on individual personal impressions and feelings and opinions rather than external facts
	7.	judgment - the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations sagaciousness, sagacity, discernment, judgement eye - good discernment (either visually or as if visually); "she has an eye for fresh talent"; "he has an artist's eye" common sense, good sense, gumption, horse sense, mother wit, sense - sound practical judgment; "Common sense is not so common"; "he hasn't got the sense God gave little green apples"; "fortunately she had the good sense to run away" judiciousness - good judgment circumspection, discreetness, discretion, prudence - knowing how to avoid embarrassment or distress; "the servants showed great tact and discretion" indiscreetness, injudiciousness - lacking good judgment sapience, wisdom - ability to apply knowledge or experience or understanding or common sense and insight

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judgment

noun

1. opinion, view, estimate, belief, assessment, conviction, diagnosis, valuation, deduction, appraisal In your judgement, what has changed over the past few years?

2. verdict, finding, result, ruling, decision, sentence, conclusion, determination, decree, order, arbitration, adjudication, pronouncement The Court is expected to give its judgement within the next ten days.

3. sense, common sense, good sense, judiciousness, reason, understanding, taste, intelligence, smarts (slang, chiefly U.S.), discrimination, perception, awareness, wisdom, wit, penetration, prudence, sharpness, acumen, shrewdness, discernment, perspicacity, sagacity, astuteness, percipience Publication of the information was a serious error in judgement.

against your better judgment reluctantly, grudgingly, unwillingly, with reservation, in spite of yourself Against my better judgement, I agreed.

Quotations
"'Tis with our judgments as our watches: none"
"Go just alike, yet each believes his own" [Alexander Pope Essay on Criticism]

Translations

judgment [ˈdʒʌdʒmənt]

A. N

1. (Jur) (= decision) → sentencia f, fallo m; (= act) → juicio m
it's a judgment on you → es un castigo
to pass or pronounce judgment (on sb/sth) (Jur) → pronunciar or dictar sentencia(sobre algn/en algo), emitir un fallo(sobre algn/algo) (fig) → emitir un juicio crítico(sobre algn/algo), dictaminar(sobre algn/algo)
to sit in judgment on sb → decidir sobre la culpabilidad de algn
to sit in judgment on sth → juzgar algo
Last Judgment → Juicio m Final

2. (= opinion) → opinión f, parecer m
a critical judgment of Auden → un juicio crítico de Auden

3. (= understanding) → juicio m, criterio m
in my judgment → a mi juicio
to the best of my judgment → según mi leal saber y entender
against my better judgment → a pesar mío
to have good or sound judgment → tener buen juicio, tener buen criterio
she showed excellent judgment in choosing the colour scheme → demostró tener buen gusto al escoger la combinación de colores
see also colour B3

B. CPD judgment call N (esp US) decisión que depende de la conciencia de cada uno
Judgment Day N → Día m del Juicio Final
judgment seat N → tribunal m

judgment [ˈdʒʌdʒmənt] judgement (British) n

(= opinion) → avis m
in my judgement → à mon avis
in your judgment → à votre avis
in our judgment → à notre avis
to form a judgement of sth → se faire une opinion de qch
to make a judgment on sth (= pronounce a judgment) → se prononcer sur qch
to make one's own judgment on sth (= decide) → se faire une opinion de qch

(= good sense) → jugement m
to respect sb's judgement → avoir confiance dans le jugement de qn
to question sb's judgement → mettre en doute le jugement de qn
an error of judgment → une erreur de jugement
to make an error of judgment → faire une erreur de jugement
against one's better judgment adv (= unwisely) → tout en sachant que c'est une erreur
I did it against my better judgment → Je l'ai fait tout en sachant que c'était une erreur.

(= verdict) [judge, court] → jugement m
to give judgement [court, judge] → rendre un jugement
to pass judgement on [+ accused] → prononcer un jugement sur
to pass judgement [judge] → prononcer un jugement; (gen) → juger
to pass judgment on o.s. → se juger

judg(e)ment

n

(Jur) → (Gerichts)urteil nt; (Eccl) → Gericht nt, → Richterspruch m; (= divine punishment) → Strafe f → Gottes; to await judgment (Jur) → auf sein or das Urteil warten; (Eccl) → auf das Gericht or den Richterspruch (Gottes) warten; the Day of Judg(e)ment → der Tag des Jüngsten Gerichtes; to pass or give judgment (also fig) → ein Urteil fällen, das Urteil sprechen (→ on über +acc); to sit in judgment on a case → Richter in einem Fall sein; to sit in judgment on somebody → über jdn zu Gericht sitzen; (Jur also) → die Verhandlung über jdn führen; I don’t want to sit in judgment on you → ich möchte mich nicht zu Ihrem Richter aufspielen; it’s a judgment from above → das ist die Strafe Gottes; it’s a judgment on him for being so lazy → das ist die Strafe Gottes dafür, dass er so faul ist

(= opinion) → Meinung f, → Ansicht f, → Urteil nt; (= moral judg(e)ment, value judg(e)ment) → Werturteil nt; (= estimation: of distance, speed etc) → Einschätzung f; to give one’s judgment on something → sein Urteil über etw (acc) → abgeben, seine Meinung zu etw äußern; an error of judgment → eine falsche Einschätzung, eine Fehleinschätzung; in my judgment → meines Erachtens, meiner Meinung nach; against one’s better judgment → gegen (sein) besseres Wissen, wider besseres Wissen

(= discernment) → Urteilsvermögen nt; to show judgment → ein gutes Urteilsvermögen beweisen or zeigen; it’s all a question of judgment → das ist Ansichtssache

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judg(e)ment:

judg(e)ment call

n (esp US) → Gewissensentscheidung f; to make a judgment → eine Gewissensentscheidung treffen

Judg(e)ment Day

n → Tag m → des Jüngsten Gerichts

judg(e)ment seat

n → Gottes Richterstuhl m

judgment judgement [ˈdʒʌdʒmənt] n → giudizio
error of judgement → errore m di valutazione
to pass judgement (on) (Law) → pronunciare una sentenza (nei confronti di) (fig) → giudicare
in my judgement → a mio giudizio
it's against my better judgement, but ... → non ne sono affatto convinto, ma...