judgment or judgement?

English translation: U.S.: Judgment; UK: Judgement

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English term or phrase:judgment or judgement?
Selected answer:U.S.: Judgment; UK: Judgement
Entered by: ayrander

20:31 Aug 6, 2011
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English term or phrase: judgment or judgement?
judgement? In a matter of a trial Sentence, verdict, final resolution, etc. What is used in the whole USA? I see Judgment? but what about "judgement" ? I am a little confused here. Is there a difference?
ayrander
Mexico
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U.S.: Judgment; UK: Judgement
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Nikolaj Widenmann
United States
Local time: 00:12
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U.S.: Judgment; UK: Judgement


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Nikolaj Widenmann
United States
Local time: 00:12
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Native speaker of: Native in DanishDanish, Native in EnglishEnglish
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  MedTrans&More
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agree  Kim Metzger
3 mins
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agree  Trudy Peters
6 mins
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agree  Mikhail Kropotov
10 mins
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agree  Lydia De Jorge
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agree  Edward Tully
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agree  Jack Doughty
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neutral  kittilina: UK is judgment if you work in a legal firm. Judgement in UK is layman's language.
1 hr
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agree  teresa quimper
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agree  CARMEN MAESTRO
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agree  Liz Dexter (was Broomfield): I was going to comment about the UK but see this is a US question. But yes, in the UK judgment is reserved for a legal context, judgement is for a decision on how you feel about something
2 hrs
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agree  VEIKMANE DAIGA
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agree  Lisa McCarthy
15 hrs

neutral  AllegroTrans: UK usage in legal decisions is ALWAYS judgment
1 day 45 mins
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