Final hearing
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
This term designates the trial of an equity case upon the merits, as distinguished from the hearing of any preliminary questions arising in the cause, which are termed "interlocutory."
Smith v. W. U. Tel. Co.. (C. C.) 81 Fed. 243 ; Akerly v. Vilas, 24 Wis. 171, 1 Am. Rep. 166; Galpin v. Critchlow, ll2 Mass. 343, 17 Am. Rep. 176.