Judgement

For other uses, see Judgment (disambiguation).

Judgement (or judgment) is the evaluation of evidence to make a decision. The term has four distinct uses:

• Informal - Opinions expressed as facts.
• Informal and psychological – used in reference to the quality of cognitive faculties and adjudicational capabilities of particular individuals, typically called wisdom or discernment.
• Legal – used in the context of legal trial, to refer to a final finding, statement, or ruling, based on a considered weighing of evidence, called "adjudication". See spelling note for further explanation.
• Religious – used in the concept of salvation to refer to the adjudication of God in determining Heaven or Hell for each and all human beings.

See also

• Bias
• Choice
• Decree
• Discrimination
• Prejudice