Gjykimit

Gjykimit is an Albanian noun meaning judgment, trial, or assessment. In legal usage it refers to the court’s official decision delivered after a case has been heard and the evidence evaluated. The term can also denote a broader act of forming an opinion or evaluation in non-legal contexts. The word derives from the verb gjykon, to judge, and the noun gjykimi denotes the act or result of judging. The form gjykimit appears as the definite or possessed form in Albanian grammar.

In law, gjykimi is used to describe both the written decision and the process by which a court reaches that decision in civil and criminal proceedings. A typical gjykim includes the identification of the parties, a summary of the facts, the applicable law, the reasoning (arsyetimi), and the final order (vendim). The decision can be subject to appeal, in which case higher courts may review or replace the gjykim with a new vendim.

The term is part of a broader legal vocabulary that also includes gjykata (court) and vendim (decision). While gjykimi emphasizes the act and outcome of judging, vendim is often used to denote the formal ruling itself. In everyday language, gjykimi may also appear in contexts describing judgments about people or situations, outside of formal court settings.