Judgment Roll

Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In English law. A record made of the issue roll (q. v.), which, after final judgment has been given in the cause, assumes this name. Steph. PI. 133; 3 Chit. St. 514. JUDICANDUM EST LEGIBUS NON EXemplis. We are to judge by the laws, not by examples. 4 Coke, 33b; 4 Sharswood, Bl. Comm. 405; 19 Johns. (N. Y.) 513. JUDICATIO (Lat.)

In civil law. Judging; the pronouncing of sentence, after hearing a cause. Halifax, Anal. bk. 3, c. 8, No. 7. writ of error, were to consider of the judgment given there, and reform it; otherwise they forfeited £100 to the crown by custom. Jenk. Cent. Cas. 71.

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

The process, pleadings, verdict or findings and judgment in an action, tied together. Judicandum est legibus non exemplis. Matters should be decided by law, not by precedents. Judicare. To judge; to decide. Judicatio. The announcement of judgment; the passings of sentence.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

In English Law. A record made of the issue roll (which see), which, after final Judgment has been given in the cause, assumes tliis name. Steph. Pi., Andr. ed. § 97; 3 Chltty, Stat. 614; Freem. Judg. § 75. The Judicature Act of 1875 requires every Judgment to be entered in a boqk by the proper otticer. It has been abolished, as such, in New Jersey; Jennings v. Philadelphia & R. Co., 23 Fed. 571. There is said to be hopeless confusion in the cases as to what constitutes the Judgment roll. All the cases agree that the complaint, the summons and, most of them, the return on the summons, the affidavit for publication in case of constructive service, and papers of that sort; Terry v. Gibson, 23 Colo. App. 273, 128 Pac. 1129, citing many cases, and also 1 Gr. Evid. 511, and Freem. Judg. S 78.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

See supra.

Defined under Roll in Black's Law Dictionary.

A Dictionary of Law

Henry Campbell Black · 1891

In English practiee, <A roll of parchment containing the entries of the proceedings in an action at law to the entry of judgment inclusive, and OO—=E=E=Eeee—— whieh is filed in the trensury of the court. 1 Arch. Pr. K. B. 227, 228; 2 Tidd, Pr. 931. See Rou. Judicandum est legibus, non exemplis. Judgment is to be given according to the laws, not according to examples or precedents. 4 Coke, 533; 4 BI, Comm. 405,