judgement or judgment

Surprisingly, ‘judgment’ is the correct spelling of this noun. It’s easy to see why many people make a mistake and write ‘judgement’ instead, because the meaning is ‘to judge’, as it seems like we should keep that ‘e’ in the middle.

This is one word that even most native speakers have to think twice about!

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• extend vs extent
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• benefactor vs beneficiary
• tragedy vs travesty
• flys vs flies
• notate vs note
• submittal vs submission
• writting vs writing
• interment vs internment
• stood vs stayed

Definitions

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• n  the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
• n  an opinion formed by judging something
• n  the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
• n  the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations
• n  the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
• n  (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
• n  the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event

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• n  an opinion formed by judging something
  he was reluctant to make his judgment known
• n  the act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event
  they criticized my judgment of the contestants
• n  (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
• n  the cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions
• n  the legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision
• n  the capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions
• n  the mental ability to understand and discriminate between relations

News & Articles

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• Microsoft follows Google in demanding FISA disclosure permission
  Microsoft has demanded permission to disclose FISA security requests, following Google in aiming to publicize the frequency and extent of calls from the NSA and others to hand over user data. “Microsoft respectfully moves this court for an order, judgement, or other such relief as the court may deem appropriate declaring that Microsoft may lawfully Read The Full Story
  June 27, 2013 - SlashGear
• Supreme Court refuses to hear Mirror Worlds' appeal to have damages award against Apple reinstated
  Back in 2008, a company called Mirror Worlds filed a patent-infringement suit against Apple alleging that a number of OS X features infringed upon one of its patents. The accused features included Cover Flow, Time Machine and OS X's Spotlight search feature. In October 2010, Mirror Worlds won a US$625.5 million judgement against Apple. At the time, the damages amount was the fourth-largest ...
  June 26, 2013 - The Unofficial Apple Weblog
• Chased by Caplan's collectors, Blumenfeld says 'nothing gonna stop' Divine Lorraine rebuild
  $37 million judgement, personally guaranteed
  June 12, 2013 - Philly.com

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• Final judgment is $3.4M for 32 workers at Iowa labor camp
  Each man would get average awards of $106,000 if Henry's Turkey Service of Goldthwaite, Texas, can pay the judgment.
  June 13, 2013 - Omaha World-Herald
• Final judgment for 32 disabled men: $3.4 million
  A judge has entered final judgment of $3.4 million against a Texas company found to have mistreated 32 mentally disabled workers at an eastern Iowa labor camp.
  June 12, 2013 - The Des Moines Register
• Final judgment for 32 disabled men: $3.4 million - ABC5 News Des Moines, IA
  IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) - A judge has entered final judgment of $3.4 million against a Texas company found to have mistreated 32 mentally disabled workers at an Iowa labor camp.
  June 12, 2013 - WOI-TV Des Moines