v.
- consider or declare to be true or the case.
- (in legal use) award (compensation).
▸condemn (someone) to pay a penalty.
Derivative
- adjudgement
(also adjudgment)
n.
Etymology
ME: from OFr. ajuger, from L. adjudicare, from ad- ‘to’ + judicare, from judex, judic- ‘a judge’.