Definitive
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
That which finally and completely ends and settles a controversy. A definitive sentence or judgment is put in opposition to an interlocutory judgment. A distinction may be taken between a final and a definitive judgment. The former term is applicable when the judgment exhauats the powers of the particular court in whichit is rendered; while the latter word designates a judgment thatis above