Judgement - Definition

n 1: the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial
decision; "opinions are usually written by a single judge"
[syn: opinion, legal opinion, judgment, judgement]
2: an opinion formed by judging something; "he was reluctant to
make his judgment known"; "she changed her mind" [syn:
judgment, judgement, mind]
3: the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing
conclusions [syn: judgment, judgement, judging]
4: the mental ability to understand and discriminate between
relations [syn: sagacity, sagaciousness, judgment,
judgement, discernment]
5: the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly
and to draw sound conclusions [syn: judgment, judgement,
sound judgment, sound judgement, perspicacity]
6: (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction
on matters submitted to it [syn: judgment, judgement,
judicial decision]
7: the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or
event; "they criticized my judgment of the contestants" [syn:
judgment, judgement, assessment]