judgment debt

  • 1judgment debt — see debt Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. judgment debt …

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  • 2Judgment debt — Judgment Judg ment, n. [OE. jugement, F. jugement, LL. judicamentum, fr. L. judicare. See {Judge}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 3judgment debt — UK US (UK also judgement debt) noun [C] LAW ► a sum of money that a court of law has ordered a company or person to pay …

    Financial and business terms

  • 4judgment debt — noun : a legal obligation to pay a debt or damages evidenced by a judgment entered in a court of record and enforceable by execution or other judicial process compare quasi contract * * * Law. a debt established or confirmed by decree of a court… …

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  • 5judgment debt — A monetary obligation which is either evidenced by a written record, or brought about by successful legal action against the debtor. A debt, whether on simple contract or by specialty, for the recovery of which judgment has been entered, either… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 6judgment debt — A monetary obligation which is either evidenced by a written record, or brought about by successful legal action against the debtor. A debt, whether on simple contract or by specialty, for the recovery of which judgment has been entered, either… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 7judgment debt — An indebtedness evidenced by a judgment; a debt owing on a judgment …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 8judgment debt — Law. a debt established or confirmed by decree of a court of law. [1830 40] * * * …

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  • 9debt — n [Old French dette, ultimately from Latin debita, plural of debitum debt, from neuter of debitus, past participle of debere to owe] 1: something owed: as a: a specific sum of money or a performance due another esp. by agreement (as a loan… …

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  • 10Judgment — Judg ment, n. [OE. jugement, F. jugement, LL. judicamentum, fr. L. judicare. See {Judge}, v. i.] [1913 Webster] 1. The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English