DECLARATORY JUDGMENT


Meaning of DECLARATORY JUDGMENT in English

In law, a judgment merely declaring a right or establishing the legal status or interpretation of a law or instrument.

It is binding but is distinguished from other judgments or court opinions in that it includes no executive element (an order that something be done); instead it simply declares or defines rights to be observed or wrongs to be eschewed by litigants, or expresses the court's view on a contested question of law.

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