FINAL-JUDGMENT RULE

final-judgment rule.The principle that a party may appeal only from a district court’s final decision that ends the litigation on the merits. • Under this rule, a party must raise all claims of error in a single appeal. 28 USCA § 1291. — Also termed final-decision rule; finality rule. Cf. FINALITY DOCTRINE ; INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS…

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FINALIS CONCORDIA

finalis concordia (fi-nay-lis k<<schwa>>n-kor-dee-<<schwa>>). [Latin] A final or conclusive agreement. See final concord under CONCORD; FINE(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

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