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Entry 4 senses Webster, 1913

Adjudication

/əj-o͞odˌ-ək-āsh'-ən/ · Ad·ju·di·ca·tion · IPA /ə(d)ˌd͡ʒu.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
01 n. The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.
  1. 1.
    The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.
  2. 2.
    A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence.
  3. 3.
    The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.(Bankruptcy practice)
  4. 4.
    A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.(Scots Law)