Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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final judgment
A court's last action that settles the rights of the parties and disposes of all issues in controversy, except for the award of costs (and, sometimes, attorney's fees) and enforcement of the judgment. -Also termed final appealable judgment; final decision; final decree; definitive judgment; determinative judgment; final appealable order.
final judgment rule
The principle that a party may appeal only from a district court's final decision that ends the litigation on the merits. ( Under this rule, a party must raise all claims of error in a single appeal. - Also termed finaldecision rule; finality rule. 28 USCA ยง 1291. Cf. FINALITY DOCTRINE; INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS ACT. final-offer arbitration. See ARBITRATION.