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A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States · John Bouvier · 1839
A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States
A judgment or judicial declaration made by a judge ina cause. The term judgment is more usually applied to civil, and sentence to criminal proceedings. Sentences are final, when they put an end to the case; or interlocutory, when they settle only some incidental ' matter which has arisen in the course