Adjudicate

[ə'dʒuːdɪkeɪt] or [ə'dʒudɪket]

Definition

(v. t.) To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by judicial decree.

(v. i.) To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated upon the case.

Editor: Yvonne

Synonyms and Synonymous

v. a. Determine, ADJUDGE.

v. n. Judge, decide, determine, arbitrate, give judgment, pass judgment.

Editor: Upton

Definition

v.t. to determine judicially: to pronounce.—v.i. to pronounce judgment.—ns. Adjudicā′tion (Eng. law) an order of the Bankruptcy Court adjudging the debtor to be a bankrupt and transferring his property to a trustee; Adjū′dicator.

Typed by Jack