Abstract: The present invention provides a method and device for automatically determining a decision in a judgment document, relates to the field of natural language processing, and solves the problem of low efficiency in manually extracting a judgment decision. The method comprises: traversing a preset marker 1 and marker 2 in the judgment document, the marker 1 being a phrase ‘decided as follows’, ‘decision as follows’ or a variation thereof, and the marker 2 being a phrase ‘acceptance fee’ or a variation thereof; extracting a judgment paragraph between the marker 1 and the marker 2, the judgment paragraph involving a judgment decision; in the judgment paragraph, looking up a lost-lawsuit related keyword within a preset character range posterior to the marker 1, the lost-lawsuit related keyword involving a word ‘reject’, ‘prohibit’ or a variation thereof; and if the lost-lawsuit related keyword is found, determining the decision as losing the case.