1. Maxime, proverbe.
2, Jugement rendu par un juge ou un arbitre.(droit)
1. Grammar. a grammatical unit of one or more words,
2. Law.
a. an authoritative decision; a judicial judgment or decree, esp.
the judicial determination of the punishment to be inflicted on a convicted criminal.
b. the punishment itself.
3. Music. a period.
4. Archaic. a saying, apothegm, or maxim.
5. Obsolete. an opinion given on a particular question..