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判決 — meaning in English

hanketsu

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English meaning

  • decree noun An official order or law issued by an authority.
  • doom noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
  • judgment noun The ability to make sensible decisions; good sense.
  • sentence noun A group of words that forms a complete grammatical statement, usually with a subject and a verb.

Senses

判決 is used for these senses in English:

  • decree (legal) The judicial decision in a litigated cause rendered by a court of equity.
  • doom (countable, obsolete) A judgment or decision.
  • judgment (legal) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.
  • sentence (dated) The decision or judgement of a jury or court; a verdict. [from 14th c.]
  • sentence A punishment imposed on a person convicted of a crime.

decree — full definition

  1. noun An official order or law issued by an authority.
  2. noun A formal ruling handed down by a court, especially in matters of equity, admiralty, or probate.
  3. verb To officially order or command something.

doom — full definition

  1. noun A terrible fate that seems certain and impossible to avoid, especially death or destruction.
  2. verb To condemn someone or something to a certain, usually terrible, fate.

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