Defn: To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.
ADJUDICATE
Ad*ju"di*cate, v. i.
Defn: To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.
ADJUDICATION
Ad*ju`di*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. adjudicatio: cf. F. adjudication.]
1. The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.
2. A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence. "An adjudication in favor of natural rights." Burke.
3. (Bankruptcy practice)
Defn: The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt. Abbott.
4. (Scots Law)
Defn: A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.