Can. 1611

The sentence must:

1/ decide the controversy deliberated before the tribunal with an appropriate response given to the individual doubts;

2/ determine what obligations have arisen for the parties from the trial and how they must be fulfilled;

3/ set forth the reasons or motives in law and in fact on which the dispositive part of the sentence is based;

4/ determine the expenses of the litigation.

Read the whole title TITLE VIIThe Pronouncements of the Judge 1607–1618