A suit is said to be “ripe for Jndg-ment” when it is so far advanced, by verdict, default, confession, the determination of all pending motions, or other disposition of pre-Hmlnary or disputed matters, that nothing •remnina for the court but to render the op-propriate Judgment. See Hosmer v. Hoitt, 161 Mass. 173, 36 N. E. 835
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)
