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Definition of 'adjudication'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) adjudication
an act of adjudicating.

2.  adjudication
the act of a court in making a judgment or decree.

3.  adjudication
a judicial decision or sentence.

4.  adjudication
a court decree in bankruptcy.

Etymology: (1685–95; < LL)

Definition of 'adjudication'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) adjudication
the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented

Definition of 'adjudication'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) adjudication
the act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially

2. (noun) adjudication
a deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence

3. (noun) adjudication
the decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt

4. (noun) adjudication
a process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt

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