That which finally and completely ends and settles a controversy. A definitive sentence or judgment is put in opposition to an interlocutory judgment.
A distinction may be taken between a final and a definitive judgment The former term is applicable when the judgment exhausts the powers of the particular court in which it is rendered; while the latter word designates a judgment that is above any review or contingency of reversal. U. S. v. The Peggy, 1 Cranch, 103, 2 L. Ed. 49. Definitive sentence. The final judgment decree, or sentence of an ecclesiastical court 3 Bl. Comm. 101.