Judgment, abridgment, acknowledgment, and lodgment are in England
sometimes written, judgement, abridgement, acknowledgement, and
lodgement.
Judgment is used adjectively in many self-explaining combinations; as,
judgment hour; judgment throne.
Judgment day (Theol.), the last day, or period when final judgment will
be pronounced on the subjects of God's moral government. -- Judgment
debt (Law), a debt secured to the creditor by a judge's order. --
Judgment hall, a hall where courts are held. -- Judgment seat, the seat
or bench on which judges sit in court; hence, a court; a tribunal. "We
shall all stand before the judgment seat of Christ." Rom. xiv. 10. --
Judgment summons (Law), a proceeding by a judgment creditor against a
judgment debtor upon an unsatisfied judgment.
Arrest of judgment. (Law) See under Arrest, n. -- Judgment of God, a
term formerly applied to extraordinary trials of secret crimes, as by
arms and single combat, by ordeal, etc.; it being imagined that God
would work miracles to vindicate innocence. See under Ordeal.
Syn. -- Discernment; decision; determination; award; estimate;
criticism; taste; discrimination; penetration; sagacity; intelligence;
understanding. See Taste.
Ju"di*ca*ble (?), a. [L. judicabilis. See Judge, v. i.] Capable of
being judged; capable of being tried or decided upon. Jer. Taylor.
Ju"di*ca*tive (?), a. Having power to judge; judicial; as, the
judicative faculty. Hammond.
Ju"di*ca*to*ry (?), a. [L. judicatorius.] Pertaining to the
administration of justice; dispensing justice; judicial; as, judicatory
tribunals. T. Wharton.
Power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way.
Bp. Hall.