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11final and binding — UK US adjective LAW ► if a decision or agreement is final and binding, it has been decided for the last time and cannot be discussed or changed again: »If no appeal is made by the end of the 20 day appeal period, the panel’s decision will be… …
12declaratory judgment — see judgment 1a Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. declaratory judgment …
13declaratory judgment — Law. a judgment that merely decides the rights of parties in a given transaction, situation, or dispute but does not order any action or award damages. * * * In law, a judgment merely declaring a right or establishing the legal status or… …
14Declaratory judgment — A declaratory judgment is a judgment of a court in a civil case which declares the rights, duties, or obligations of one or more parties in a dispute. A declaratory judgment is legally binding, but it does not order any action by a party.[1] In… …
15Confession of judgment — is a legal term that refers to a type of contract (or a clause with such a provision) in which a party agrees to let the other party enter a judgment against him or her. Such contracts are highly controversial and may be invalidated as a… …
16Stipulated judgment — A stipulated judgment or agreed judgment is a judgment which both sides agree to have entered. If the agreement is not followed, the plaintiff can file an affidavit of default wherein the judgment can be entered without notice to the defendant(s) …
17conclusiveness of judgment — Verity, finality, and binding effect. 30A Am J Rev ed Judgm § 311. A judgment or an equivalent order is final and conclusive when it terminates a matter in such a way as to end it and to preclude all further inquiry concerning the truth thereof.… …
18voidable judgment — A judgment which is apparently valid, but in truth wanting in some material respect; in other words, a judgment which is erroneous. Southern Surety Co. v Texas Oil Clearing House (Tex Com App) 281 SW 1045, 1046. A judgment which, because of… …
19declaratory judgment — Statutory (see Declaratory Judgment Act) remedy for the determination of a justiciable controversy where the plaintiff is in doubt as to his legal rights. A binding adjudication of the rights and status of litigants even though no consequential… …
20Declaratory Judgment Act — Federal statute enacted in 1934, 28 U.S.C.A. No. 2201, which permits bringing of complaint for a declaration of rights if there is an actual controversy between the parties. The judgment is binding as to present and future rights of the parties… …
