finality doctrine. The rule that a court will not judicially review an administrative agency’s action until it is final. — Also termed final-order doctrine; doctrine of finality; principle of finality. Cf. FINAL-JUDGMENT RULE ; INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS ACT. [Cases: Administrative Law and Procedure 704. C.J.S. Public Administrative Law and Procedure §§ 204–205.]
practical finality. The situation in which a court order directs immediate delivery of physical property, subjecting the losing party to irreparable harm if an immediate appeal were not possible. • Practical finality provides an exception to the usual rule that interlocutory orders are not appealable. See FINALITY DOCTRINE.
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Interlocutory Appeals Act. A federal statute, enacted in 1958, that grants discretion to a U.S. court of appeals to review an interlocutory order in a civil case if the trial judge states in writing that the order involves a controlling question of law on which there is substantial ground for difference of opinion, and that
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final-judgment rule. The principle that a party may appeal only from a district court’s final decision that ends the litigation on the merits. • Under this rule, a party must raise all claims of error in a single appeal. 28 USCA § 1291. — Also termed final-decision rule; finality rule. Cf. FINALITY DOCTRINE ; INTERLOCUTORY
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statute of limitations. 1. A law that bars claims after a specified period; specif., a statute establishing a time limit for suing in a civil case, based on the date when the claim accrued (as when the injury occurred or was discovered). • The purpose of such a statute is to require diligent prosecution of
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