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Webster 1913 Edition
Adjudication
Ad-juˊdi-ca′tion
,Noun.
[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)
The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
Abbott.
4.
(Scots Law)
A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adjudication
ADJUDICA'TION
,Noun.
1.
The act of adjudging; the act or process of trying and determining judicially; as a ship was taken and sent into port for adjudication.2.
A judicial sentence; judgment or decision of a court.Whose families were parties to some of the former adjudications.
3.
In Scots law, an action by which a creditor attaches the heritable estate of his debtor, or his debtor's heir, in payment or security of his debt; or an action by which the holder of an heritable right, laboring under a defect in point of form, may supply that defect.Definition 2024
adjudication
adjudication
English
Noun
adjudication (plural adjudications)
- The act of adjudicating, of reaching a judgement.
- A judgment or sentence.
- Burke
- An adjudication in favour of natural rights.
- 2007, Houston Chronicle (6/17/2007)
- [Mr. C.] says he confessed to avoid a lengthier sentence after his original attorney told him that the prosecutor claimed DNA evidence conclusively identified him as the attacker. [Mr. C.] had an earlier deferred adjudication for indecency with a minor.
- Burke
- (law) The decision upon the question of whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Abbott to this entry?)
- (emergency response) 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.
- (law, Scotland) A process by which land is attached as security or in satisfaction of a debt.
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judgment