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Judgement (or judgment) [1] (in legal context, known as adjudication) is the evaluation of given circumstances to make a decision. [2] Judgement is also the ability ...
British, Australian, New Zealand, American, and Canadian English generally use judgment when referring to a court's formal ruling. [7] [8] Judgement is commonly used in the United Kingdom when referring to a non-legal decision. [9] Translations from non-English texts demonstrate varied spelling of the word.
A judgment is a balanced weighing up of evidence to form a decision or opinion. Judgment or judgement may also refer to: Judgment (mathematical logic) Judgment (law), a formal decision made by a court following a lawsuit; Value judgment, a determination of something's worth or goodness, based upon a particular set of values or point of view
Both judgment and judgement are in use interchangeably everywhere, although the former prevails in the US and the latter prevails in the UK [12] except in the practice of law, where judgment is standard. This also holds for abridgment and acknowledgment. Both systems prefer fledgling to fledgeling, but ridgeling to ridgling.
"judgement vs judgment: judgement is preferred in British English (except in the sense of a judge's decision, in which case judgment is preferred), judgment in American English"-- I'm pretty sure that the quoted claim is incorrect. In modern american english, judgement is standard.--Rich Peterson24.7.28.186 19:33, 30 October 2010 (UTC)
The following is a handy reference for editors, listing various common spelling differences between national varieties of English. Please note: If you are not familiar with a spelling, please do some research before changing it – it may be your misunderstanding rather than a mistake, especially in the case of American and British English spelling differences.
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The Oxford spelling is judgement, and the American is judgment. Carl.bunderson ( talk ) 04:28, 14 March 2008 (UTC) [ reply ] I've re-added the alternate spelling (in the leading paragraph only), with a reference from the Vatican as source.