JUDGMENT  , in See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, a See also:

• TERM

term used to describe (I) the See also:

• ADJUDICATION (Lat. adjudicatio; adjudicare, to award)

adjudication by a See also:

• COURT
• COURT (from the O. Fr. court, Late Lat. cortis, curtis, a popular form of class. Lat. cohors, gen. cohortis; the mod. Fr. form tour is due to the influence of the Lat. curia, the word used in medieval documents to translate " court " in the feudal sense)
• COURT, ANTOINE (1696-176o)

court of See also:

• JUSTICE (Lat. justitia)

justice upon a controversy submitted to it inter partes (See also:

• POST

post litem contestatam) and determining the rights of the parties and the See also:

• RELIEF

relief to be awarded by the court as between them; (2) the formal document issuing from the court in which that adjudication is expressed; (3) the opinions of the See also:

• JUDGES, THE BOOK OF

judges expressed in a See also:

• REVIEW (Fr. revue, from revoir, to see again, Lat. re and videre)

review of the facts and law applicable to the controversy leading up to the adjudication expressed in the formal document . When the judgment has been passed and entered and recorded it binds the parties: the controversy comes to an end (transit in rem judicatam), and the See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person in whose favour the judgment is entered is entitled to enforce it by the appropriate method of " See also:

• EXECUTION (from Lat. ex-sequor, exsecutus, follow or carry out)

execution." There has been much controversy among lawyers as to the meaning of the expressions " final " and " interlocutory " as applied to judgments, and as to the distinction between a " judgment," a " See also:

• DECREE (from the past participle, decretus, of Lat. decernere)

decree," and an " See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order." These disputes arise upon the wording of statutes or rules of court and with reference to the appropriate times or modes of See also:

• APPEAL

appeal or of execution . The judgments of one See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country are not as a See also:

• RULE

rule directly enforceable in another country . In See also:

• EUROPE

Europe, by treaty or arrangement, See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign judgments are in certain cases and on compliance with certain formalities made executory in various states . A similar See also:

• PROVISION (Lat. provisio)

provision is made as between See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England, See also:

• SCOTLAND
• SCOTLAND, CHURCH OF
• SCOTLAND, EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF

Scotland and See also:

• IRELAND
• IRELAND, CHURCH
• IRELAND, CHURCH OF
• IRELAND, JOHN (1761-1842)
• IRELAND, JOHN (1838- )
• IRELAND, WILLIAM HENRY (1777-1835)

Ireland, for the registry and execution in each country of certain classes of judgments given in the others . But as regards the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of the See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king's dominions and foreign states, a " foreign " judgment is in England recognized only as constituting a cause of See also:

• ACTION

action which may be sued upon in England . If given by a court of competent See also:

• JURISDICTION
• JURISDICTION, CRIMINAL LAW, DIVORCE

jurisdiction it is treated as creating a legal See also:

• OBLIGATION

obligation to pay the sum adjudged to be due . See also:

• SUMMARY

Summary judgment may be entered in an See also:

• ENGLISH

English action based on a foreign judgment unless the See also:

• DEFENDANT

defendant can show that the foreign court had not jurisdiction over the parties or the subject See also:

• MATTER

matter of the action, or that there was See also:

• FRAUD (Lat. fraus, deceit)

fraud on the See also:

• PART

part of the foreign court or the successful party, or that the foreign proceedings were contrary to natural justice, e.g. concluded without due See also:

• NOTICE

notice to the parties affected . English courts will not enforce foreign judgments as to foreign criminal or penal or See also:

• REVENUE
• REVENUE (0. Fr. revenu, from revenir, to return)

revenue See also:

• LAWS

laws .