a public official authorized to decide questions brought before a court of justice

an authority who is able to estimate worth or quality

determine the result of (a competition)

form a critical opinion of

judge tentatively or form an estimate of (quantities or time)

pronounce judgment on

put on trial or hear a case and sit as the judge at the trial of

an officer assigned to the judge advocate general

a staff officer serving as legal adviser to a military commander

the senior legal advisor to a branch of the military

a gown worn by academics or judges

the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision

an opinion formed by judging something

the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

a judgment entered in favor of the plaintiff when the defendant defaults (fails to appear in court)

(New Testament) day at the end of time following Armageddon when God will decree the fates of all individual humans according to the good and evil of their earthly lives

a judgment rendered against an individual (or corporation) for the payment of money damages

a judgment pronounced on the status of some particular subject or property or thing (as opposed to one pronounced on persons)

a judgment disposing of the matter without a trial

judgment rendered through analysis and adjudication of the factual issues presented

a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law

a book of the Old Testament that tells the history of Israel under the leaders known as judges

the position of judge