Definition of "final decision" [final decision]

• A judgment disposing of the case before the court; after the judgment (or an appeal from it) is rendered all that remains is to enforce the judgment (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "The final decision was made when Fabios wife came in and asked them to continue, saying her husband would have wanted it that way."
• "Another note on the calendar: Will the government make its final decision on the Cairn-Vedanta deal?"
• "Innocent VIII (1484-92) introduced a distinction between the referendarii on questions of favours and of justice, whence developed the "Signatura gratiæ" and the "Signatura justitiæ", each competent to give final decision within its sphere."