Opening A Judgment
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
The act of the court in so far relaxing the finality and conclusiveness of a judgment as to allow a re-examination of the case on which it was rendered. This is done at the instance of a party showing good cause why the execution of the judgment would be inequitable. It so far annuls the judgment as to prevent its enforcement until the final determination upon it, but does not in the mean time release its lien upon real estate.