reversedjudgment
nounUK /rɪˈvɜːst ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/
US /rɪˈvɜːrst ˈdʒʌdʒmənt/
A decision that is changed to the opposite way.
The judge's reversedjudgment meant the team won after all.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. A legal decision that a higher court cancels and replaces with a new one.
The appeals court issued a reversedjudgment in the case.
3. A final choice that is turned around after thinking again.
Her reversedjudgment surprised everyone at the meeting.
4. A change from a guilty decision to a not-guilty one, or the other way around.
The reversedjudgment freed the man from the charge.