prejudgment
prejudgment Lexical Profile
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• noun
A judgment, opinion, or decision reached prematurely before all relevant facts or evidence have been examined.
"The committee members were instructed to set aside any prejudgment and evaluate each proposal solely on its merits."
In law, a procedural stage, remedy, or rate of interest occurring or applied before a court issues its final judgment in a lawsuit (most commonly used attributively, as in 'prejudgment interest' or 'prejudgment attachment').
"The plaintiff filed a motion for a prejudgment attachment of the defendant's assets to ensure funds would remain available after the trial."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the mid-17th century from the prefix 'pre-' (meaning 'before') and 'judgment' (or directly from the verb 'prejudge' plus the suffix '-ment'), modeled after Latin 'praeiudicium', which also gave rise to the English word 'prejudice'.