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FINAL DECISION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
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
Synonyms:
final decision; final judgment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("final decision" is a kind of...):
judgement; judgment; judicial decision ((law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "final decision"):
condemnation; conviction; judgment of conviction; sentence ((criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed)
acquittal (a judgment of not guilty)
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