Legal Dictionary
Main Entry:
ad·ju·di·catePronunciation:
&-'jü-di-"kAtFunction:
verbInflected Forms:
-cat·ed;
-cat·ingEtymology: Latin
adjudicare to award in judgment, from
ad to, for +
judicare to judge —see
JUDGE transitive verb
1 : to settle either finally or temporarily (the rights and duties of the parties to a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding) on the merits of the issues raised
2 : to pass judgment on as a judge
: settle judicially
3 : to pronounce judicially to be
adjudicated a bankrupt> adjudicated the child's father>
4 : to convey by judicial sale intransitive verb : to come to a judicial decision : act as judge adjudicated upon the case> —ad·ju·di·ca·tion /&-"jü-di-'kA-sh&n/ noun —ad·ju·di·ca·tive /&-'jü-di-"kA-tiv, -k&-/ noun —ad·ju·di·ca·tor /-"kA-t&r/ noun