Decision / award / finding

judgment / sentence 

verdict / ruling / disposition

以上单词均有裁定、裁决或判决的含义。

Decision

A judicial or agency determination after consideration of the facts and the law; esp., a ruling, order, or judgment pronounced by a court when considering or disposing of a case.

appealable decision. (1870) A decree or order that is sufficiently final to receive appellate review (such as an order granting summary judgment), or an interlocutory decree or order that is immediately appealable, usu. By Statute (such as an order denying immunity to a police officer in a civil-rights suit). 

——Black's Law Dictionary

①裁定；判决；决定；裁判 

指对事实问题，有时也包括对法律问题进行考虑、评议之后所得出的结论。它是一种具有司法或准司法性质的决定，其行为主体多数情况下是法院，但也包括仲裁机关、行政机关或委员会等。它不仅用于指终局判决[ final judgment]，也包括中间裁决[interlocutory order]它与opinion的主要区别在于前者是指法院的判决，而后者是对作出判决的理由的陈述。（decree; final decision; finding; judgment; opinion order; verdict）

②（欧共体理事会或委员会作出的）行政性决议;（司法的或具有司法性质的）决议

 ——元照英美法词典

award

award, n. (14c)A final judgment or decision, esp. one by an arbitrator or by a jury assessing damages. -Also termed arbitrament. 

interim award (1833) An arbitral panel's decisions on the applicable law and its jurisdiction made before the panel decides the issues in an arbitration. 

award (14c) To grant by formal process or by judicial decree .

——Black's Law Dictionary

①仲裁裁决

②核定损害赔偿金的陪审团的裁决

v.（以司法栽决或通过正式程序）裁定；授予；判给

ward in gross总额财产載决;一次性财产裁决指(婚姻关系)当事人之间就财产问题所作的处理，一旦作出即与离婚判决一样产生终局性的拘束力。其目的是在处理婚姻关系的同时处理和确定当事人之间的财产关系。( alimony in gross)

 ——元照英美法词典

Finding

finding = finding of fact

finding of fact. (18c) A determination by a judge, jury, or administrative agency of a fact supported by the evidence in the record, usu. Presented at the trial or hearing .

ambulatory disposition (1878)①A judgment or sentence that is subject to amendment or revocation.

②A testamentary provision that is subject to change because the testator is still alive and capable of making a new will. Sense 2 corresponds to the first sense of disposition above.

informal disposition(1849)The termination of a case by means other than trial; any action that leads to disposition without conviction and without a judicial determination of guilt, such as guilty pleas and decisions not to prosecute.

3. Temperament or character; personal makeup .

——Black's Law Dictionary

①处分;转让;放弃（bequeath; testamentary disposition）

②（事件的）最终解决；（案件的）裁决

③科刑；宣判

④气质；态度；倾向

 ——元照英美法词典

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