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a case " 'where the judgment of conviction was rendered, the availability of appeal exhausted, and the time for petition for certiorari had elapsed before our decision in' Batson .

Last; conclusive; pertaining to the end. In law it is usually employed in contrast with interlocutory (g. v.) with respect to pendency of suits.

Definitive; terminating; completed ; last In its use in jurisprudence, this word is generally contrasted with "interlocutory." Johnson v. New York, 48 Hun, 629, 1 N. Y. Supp. 254; Garrisen v. Dougherty, 18 S. C. 488; Bondeau v. Beaumette, 4 Minn. 224 (Gil. 163); Blandlng v. Sayles, 23 R. L 226, 49 Atl. 992.

— Final decision. One from which no appeal or writ of error can be taken. Railway Co. v. Gillespie, 158 Ind. 454, 63 N. E. 84G; Bland-ing v. Sayles, 23 R. I. 226, 49 Atl. 992.

— Final disposition. When it is said to be essential to the validity of an award that it should make a "final disposition" of the matters embraced in the submission, this term means such a disposition that nothing further remains to fix the rights and obligations of the parties, and no further controversy or litigation is required or can arise on the matter. It is such an award that the party against whom it is made can perform or pay it without any further ascertainment of rights or duties. Colcord v. Fletcher, 50 Me. 401.

— Final hearing. 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.

— Final passage. In parliamentary law. The final passage of a bili is the vote on its passage in either house of the legislature, after it has received the prescribed number of readings on as many different days in that house. State v. Buckley, 54 Ala. 613. As to final "Costs," "Decree," "Judgment," "Injunction," "Order," "Process," "Recovery," "Sentence," and "Settlement," see those titles.

Ending; making an end; conclusive. Final decree: a decree which finally decides and disposes of the whole merits of a cause. Final judgment: a judgment which puts an end to an action by declaring that the plaintiff either has or has not entitled himself to recover a judgment from which there is no appeal. Final process: a writ of execution.

Definitive; terminating; completed; last. Inits use in jurisprudence, this "word is generally contrasted with “interloentory.”

Complete, finishing, as opposed to interlocutory, v. Decree, Process. Final appeal court; v. Court, 87.

[L. Lat. finalis, from finis, an end.] That which terminates or ends a matter or proceeding, not absolutely, however; as the final judgment of an inferior court, which admits of an appeal. That which absolutely ends or concludes a matter; as the final judgment of a court, which admits of no appeal. See Final sentence.

that which puts an end toathing. It is used in opposition to interlocutory; as, a final judgment, is a judgment which ends the controversy between the parties litiant.