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A declaratory judgment, also called a declaration, is the legal determination of a court that resolves legal uncertainty for the litigants. It is a form of legally binding preventive by which a party involved in an actual or possible legal matter can ask a court to conclusively rule on and affirm the rights, duties, or obligations of one or ...
In common law, a declaration ordinarily refers to a judgment of the court or an award of an arbitration tribunal that is a binding adjudication of the rights or other legal relations of the parties which does not provide for or order enforcement. Where the declaration is made by a court, it is usually referred to as a declaratory judgment.
Declaratory judgment: a judgment that determines the rights and liabilities of the parties without enforcing a judgment or otherwise requiring the parties to do anything. [17] A declaratory judgment may be useful where the parties have differing views about their rights and duties or are wishing to clarify them without seeking any other remedy.
IPS filed a declaratory judgment with the Marion Superior Court in late August, to confirm whether a new exemption to the law passed earlier this year applies to the district.
Brooks is now seeking a trial by jury and a declaratory judgment against the woman, compensatory and punitive damages, and an injunction prohibiting the woman from continuing "her extortionate ...
A legal remedy, also referred to as judicial relief or a judicial remedy, is the means with which a court of law, usually in the exercise of civil law jurisdiction, enforces a right, imposes a penalty, or makes another court order to impose its will in order to compensate for the harm of a wrongful act inflicted upon an individual.
Since the Declaratory Judgment Act does not "extend" the "jurisdiction" of the federal courts, [14] the action is properly characterized as one "arising under an Act of Congress relating to patents." [15] [16] It could therefore be raised in place of an infringement suit:
Although this decision remains as valid case law, its effective precedent has been diminished by the Supreme Court's approval of the declaratory judgment act, which permits a party to seek a declaration of rights against another party, even where no affirmative relief (e.g. damages or an injunction) is being sought. In a declaratory judgment ...
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