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judgment debt

noun

  1. Law. a debt established or confirmed by decree of a court of law.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of judgment debt1

First recorded in 1830–40

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Example Sentences

Judge Lumley Smith said a judgment debt must come in front of those of his friends, and ordered payment of one pound a month.

The time allowed for payment of a judgment debt was by the XII.

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