The term Sentencia, which comes from the Latin Sententĭa, contracts a series of meanings that give a particular essence to the concept of Sentence. Sententĭa comes from “ sentiens, sentientis ” active participle of “I will feel ” which means to feel. When studying the etymology of the word we realize that a sentence is more than the decision of a competent body (Judge) towards a person who committed a failure for which he should be sanctioned. A sentence implies the feelings that the judge may have regarding the controversy. After this, the corresponding norms would be applied to the decision taken, this is what is called in the legal sphere "Light".
In cold terms, a sentence is an opinion established by a person with power, or with greater moral or verifiable authority, in this sense, a sentence puts an end to a problem that is not decided by itself, a claim in which both parties defend themselves by corresponding to what is aspired must have a final sentence of who will be the winner of the controversy.
The judicial sentence, a term specifically associated with the law, recognizes and uses as tools to apply order and norms to each law that corresponds to the case, in this type of lawsuits moral values are also used indirectly, since the precepts in which are based to define sentences are made based on moral principles, therefore, the sentence acquits or condemns the accused. If the sentence is a conviction, it stipulates the penalty corresponding to the crime in question.
The judicial sentence has a process to be issued, first the ideas of both boxes (plaintiff and defendant) are exposed, they present evidence, antecedents and the characteristics of what happened from each point of view. Then we proceed to the study and " Consideration " of the defenses and expositions made by the parties, to reach the decision better known as the Final Judgment.
