judgment debt

noun

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of judgment debt¹

First recorded in 1830–40

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.

From Project Gutenberg

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

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