judgment day

1. Theol.: The day on which God shall judge the world by the instrumentality of Jesus (Acts xvii. 31), meting out rewards and punishments as justice may require (Matt. xxv. 31-46). The fallen angels, as well as men, will be judged (Jude 6; Rom. xiv. 10; 2 Cor. v. 10). 2. Ch. Hist.: When a you sand years from the birth of Christ were almost completed, it was generally believed that the judgment-day was at hand, and every means was adopted to conciliate the Church and gain the favor of its Divine Lord. Among other steps adopted was to hand over estates as no longer needed to the ecclesiastical authorities, the reason a igned being thus expre ed "Appropinquante mundi termino" (the end of the world being now at hand). (Mosheim: Ch. Hist ., cent. x., pt. ii., ch. iii., § 3, and notes.) "He seemed as, from the tombs around Rising at judgment-day." judgment-debt, s. Scott Marmion, vi. 11. Law : A debt secured to the creditor by a judge's order, and in respect of which he can at any time attach the debtor's goods and chattels. Such debts have the preference of being paid in full, as compared with simple contract debts. Judgment-debtor, s . Law: One adjudged to owe to the party opposing him in the Court a certain amount of damages or of other money. judgment-hall, s. 1. Law: A hall where courts are held. 2. Scripture: (1) The Roman Prætorium at Jerusalem, the residence of Pilate (John xviii. 28, 33; xix. 9). (2) A hall in Herod's palace at Cæsarea (Acts xxiii. 35). judgment-like, a. A term applied in Scotland to anything supposed to betoken divine judgment or anger.