Adjudication

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The act of adjudicating; the act or process of determining or adjudging; a passing of judgment.
  • noun. In law: A judicial sentence; judgment or decision of a court. The act of a court declaring an ascertained fact: as, an adjudication of bankruptcy.
  • noun. In Scots law, the diligence or process by which land is attached in security for or in payment of a debt.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.
  • noun. A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence.
  • noun. The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
  • noun. A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
  • noun. A judgment or sentence.
  • noun. The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
  • noun. The process of identifying the type of material or device that set off an alarm and assessing the potential threat with corresponding implications for the need to take further action.
  • noun. A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.
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  • noun. the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented