əˌjüdə̇ˈkāshən, -ēˈk- noun
( -s )
Etymology: French or Late Latin; French adjudication, from Late Latin adjudication-, adjudicatio, from Latin adjudicatus + -ion-, -io -ion
1. : the act or process of adjudicating
the commission for the adjudication of the interstate dispute — Current Biography
2. : a determination, decision, or sentence especially without imputation of guilt (as a decree in bankruptcy or the disposition of a juvenile delinquent)
3. Scots law : an attachment of heritable estate (as for security or for a debt)
4. Roman law : the part of a formula that directed the judge to apportion shares in property
• ad·ju·di·ca·to·ry ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷_kəˌtōrē, -ȯr-, -ri adjective