Part 169

<blockquote>He <b>adjudged</b> him unworthy of his friendship. <i>Knolles.</i></blockquote>

<syn>Syn. -- To decree; award; determine; adjudicate; ordain; assign.</syn>

<h1>Adjudger</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*judg"er</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who adjudges.</def>

<h1>Adjudgment</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*judg"ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>The act of adjudging; judicial decision; adjudication.</def>

<i>Sir W. Temple.</i>

<h1>Adjudicate</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*ju"di*cate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <wordforms>[<tt>imp. & p. p.</tt> <er>Adjudicated</er> <tt>(#)</tt>; <tt>p. pr. & vb. n.</tt> <er>Adjudicating</er> <tt>(#)</tt>]</wordforms> <ety>[L. <ets>adjudicatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>adjudicare</ets>. See <er>Adjudge</er>.]</ety> <def>To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.</def>

<h1>Adjudicate</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*ju"di*cate</hw>, <tt>v. i.</tt> <def>To come to a judicial decision; <as>as, the court <ex>adjudicated</ex> upon the case</as>.</def>

<h1>Adjudication</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*ju`di*ca"tion</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adjudicatio</ets>: cf. F. <ets>adjudication</ets>.]</ety> <p><b>1.</b> <def>The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.</def>

<p><b>2.</b> <def>A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence.</def> "An <i>adjudication</i> in favor of natural rights."

<i>Burke.</i>

<p><b>3.</b> <fld>(Bankruptcy practice)</fld> <def>The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.</def>

<i>Abbott.</i>

<p><b>4.</b> <fld>(Scots Law)</fld> <def>A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.</def>

<h1>Adjudicative</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*ju"di*ca*tive</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>a.</tt> <def>Adjudicating.</def>

<h1>Adjudicator</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*ju"di*ca`tor</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>One who adjudicates.</def>

<h1>Adjudicature</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad*ju"di*ca*ture</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <def>Adjudication.</def>

<h1>Adjugate</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad"ju*gate</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>v. t.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adjugatus</ets>, p. p. of <ets>adjugare</ets>; <ets>ad + jugum</ets> a yoke.]</ety> <def>To yoke to.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>

<h1>Adjument</h1> <Xpage=22>

<hw>Ad"ju*ment</hw> <tt>(#)</tt>, <tt>n.</tt> <ety>[L. <ets>adjumentum</ets>, for <ets>adjuvamentum</ets>, fr. <ets>adjuvare</ets> to help; <ets>ad + juvare</ets> to help.]</ety> <def>Help; support; also, a helper.</def> <mark>[Obs.]</mark>