The official and authentic decision of a court of justice upon the respective rights and claims of the parties to an action or suit therein litigated and submitted to its determination, the final decision of the court resolving the dispute and determining the rights and obligations of the parties.
A grammatically complete series of words (consisting of a subject and predicate, even if one or the other is implied) that typically begins with a capital letter and ends with a full stop.
The punishment imposed upon a person that has been convicted of a crime.
a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned; "he served a prison term of 15 months"; "his sentence was 5 to 10 years"; "he is doing time in the county jail"
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language; "he always spoke in grammatical sentences"
pronounce a sentence on, in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed; "the conviction came as no surprise"
pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law; "He was condemned to ten years in prison"
(criminal law) a final judgment of guilty in a criminal case and the punishment that is imposed
a string of words satisfying the grammatical rules of a language
the period of time a prisoner is imprisoned
pronounce a sentence on (somebody) in a court of law
