ripe for judgment

ripe for judgment
n.
Ready for a final decision by the court; the condition of a lawsuit in which all arguments have been made and evidence has been presented, and nothing is left but for the court to render a final judgment.

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


ripe for judgment
n. The time when a case has proceeded no further than, but far enough, for all the facts to have been developed to the point where an intelligent judgment should be able to be reached.

Webster's New World Law Dictionary. . 2000.

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