Vacated judgment
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A '''vacated judgment''' makes the original judgment legally void. A vacated judgment is the result of the [[judgment]] of an [[appellate court]] which overturns, reverses, or sets aside the judgment of a lower court.
A trial court also has the power, under certain circumstances (usually involving fraud or lack of jurisdiction over the parties to a case) to vacate its own judgments. Relief from judgment in the [[United States district court]]s is governed by Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
A vacated judgment frees the parties to re-[[litigate]] the issues subject to the vacated judgment.
Indeed the [[Seventh Circuit]] noted that a vacated judgment "place[s] the parties in the position of no trial having taken place at all." ''[[United States v. Williams]]'', 904 F.2d 7, 8 (7th Cir. 1990).
==See also==
* [[Judgment]]
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