Judgment

(jūdj'ment.) [From judge.] (Law.) The dictum rendered by a judge, as conveying the decision of a court of law with respect to a cause brought before it for adjudication. All J. are either interlocutory or final. The first are such as are given in the middle of a cause; the latter, such as summarily puts an end to a cause, either by giving a verdict in favor of, or, on the other hand, by non suiting the plaintiff.-(Log.) That inductive proce of the human understanding which, by connecting different ideas together, affirms or rejects certain propositions given to it for solution or decision. According to the Aristo tel i an theory, J. is of 3 cla es: -problematical, when grounded upon mere opinion; a ertive, when based upon instinctive reasoning or perception; and demonstrative, when susceptible of proof or authorization by means of corollary judgments. [s. 508]