Definitive sentence
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
The final judgment, decree, or sentence of an ecolesiastical court. 3 Bl. Comm. 10l.
Defined under Definitive in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
The final judgment of an ecclesiastical court
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
The final judgment, decree, or sentence of an ecclesiastical court. 3 BI. Comm, 101.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
The final judgment of an ecclesiastical court.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
[L. Lat. diffinitiva sententia!] The final judgment, decree or sentence of an ecclesiastical court; the sentence by which a principal cause is determined, as distinguished from an interlocutory sentence, which is on some incident question arising from the principal cause. 3 Bl, Com, 101. Hallifax Anal. b. 3, c. 9, num. 40. Bract, fol. 405 b.