"issue a judgment" is a correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
You can use it when talking about a decision or ruling made by a court, judge, or other authority figure. Example: The judge will issue a judgment on the case tomorrow morning. Another example: The board of directors will issue a judgment on the proposed merger later this week.
Thirlwall issued a judgement so razor-sharp that when I read the full transcript I felt like punching the air.
If the judge doesn't issue a summary judgement in the favor of either Apple or Psystar, then we'll be looking at a trial, and we all know that trials are treated as circuses in this country.
On Aug. 19, 1999, Supreme Court Justice Joseph A. DeNaro in Mineola issued a default judgement in favor of the church when the town lawyer failed to appear.
A New York judge today issued a summary judgement in favor of the Kleins.
In June the court issued a preliminary judgement that HTC had infringed two of the 10 patents that Apple had complained about.
"If this ruling is still not accepted then the club can go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport which will issue a final binding judgement in August, in time for the start of the 2014-15 Champions League.
The Irish High Court court issued an underlying judgement on the updated complaint last October, deciding to refer legal questions over this EU-US data transfer mechanism to Europe's top court, as it had with Schrems' original complaint.
In a judgement issued today Mr Justice Warby ruled that the claimants had not been able to demonstrate a basis for bringing a compensation claim.
A judgement issued by the CAT in December asked the commission to look again at whether Eurotunnel's acquisition of cross-Channel ferries involved a merger that fell within UK merger control.
He told BBC Radio 4's PM programme: "What I would say [is] that there is a judgement issued against Abu Qatada in absentia, and when he arrives to Jordan, if he arrives, then he will be facing a fair trial".
