Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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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.