Xref: utzoo comp.sys.ibm.pc:17949 comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d:669 Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mit-eddie!uw-beaver!tektronix!sequent!mntgfx!mikes From: mikes@mntgfx.mentor.com (Mike Stanbro) Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc,comp.binaries.ibm.pc.d Subject: Re: PK361.EXE Message-ID: <1988Aug10.111348.1585@mntgfx.mentor.com> Date: 10 Aug 88 18:13:46 GMT References: <1916@looking.UUCP> Organization: Mentor Graphics Corporation, Beaverton Oregon Lines: 23 From article <1916@looking.UUCP>, by brad@looking.UUCP (Brad Templeton): > The posting said it was a "judgement in consent." Could somebody who > knows American law tell us if that means what I think it means, namely > that it's actually a settlement, agreed to by both parties, and not > actually a judgement? My wife is a pseudo-lawyer (otherwise known as a para-legal). When asked what "judgement in consent" meant she said that it is similar to "confession of judgement". Here is the legal dictionary definition: "Entry of a judgement upon a written admission or confession of the debtor without the formality, time, or expense of an ordinary legal proceeding." In her own words, it means that rather than continue with a legal process that is too expensive to afford and has little chance of winning, PK decided to settle but hasn't the money at this time to pay the damages to SEA. A formal judgement was recorded in the county of PK's residence that requires PK to pay the damages to SEA at a latter date. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Stanbro, Advanced Development, Mentor Graphics Corporation 8500 SW Creekside Place, Beaverton OR 97005, (503) 626-1437 ...!{sequent,tessi,apollo}!mntgfx!mikes OR mikes@pdx.MENTOR.COM