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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.