Tip 54. Describing what courts do (2)
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Last month, the Competition Court handed down its ................. on the issue of unfair pricing in the appeal by ABC S.A., finding that ABC had not violated competition rules.
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Comment
The word 'judgment' describes the final decision of a court. Colloquially, judgments are often described as 'rulings' and 'decisions'. Rulings are described in many dictionaries as 'authoritative decisions' of a court or other official body.
'Sentence' is generally reserved to describe i) the punishment chosen for a person who has been found guilty of a crime, or ii) the decision describing that punishment.
Expressions with 'sentence': 'a prison sentence', 'a custodial sentence', 'the death sentence', 'a five-year prison sentence', 'a suspended prison sentence'.
Verb: to sentence
E.g. "The director was sentenced to twelve months in prison for breaches of health and safety legislation which resulted in the death of an employee."
