I oughte deme, of skilful jugement,
That in the salte sea my wife is deed. Chaucer.

He shall judge thy people with righteousness and thy poor with judgment. Ps. lxxii. 2.

Hernia. I would my father look'd but with my eyes.
Theseus. Rather your eyes must with his judgment look. Shak.

She in my judgment was as fair as you. Shak.

Who first his judgment asked, and then a place. Pope.

In judgments between rich and poor, consider not what the poor man needs, but what is his own. Jer. Taylor.

Most heartily I do beseech the court
To give the judgment. Shak.

* 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.