ADJUDGE

[verb] [T] [formal] - to announce or consider, esp. officiallyHalf an hour into the game Paterson was adjudged to have fouled Peter Jackson and was sent off. [+ object + to infinitive]In October 1990, Mirchandani was adjudged bankrupt. [+ object + noun or adjective]Fairbanks was adjudged the winner, a decision which has outraged a good few members of the boxing fraternity. [+ object + noun or adjective]