adjudication

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: ad=ju=di=ca=tion

CIDE DICTIONARY

adjudication, n. [L. adjudicatio: cf. F. adjudication.].

•  The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.  [1913 Webster]
•  A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence.  Burke.  [1913 Webster]
•  The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.  Abbott.  [1913 Webster]
•  A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.  [1913 Webster]

ROGET THESAURUS

adjudication

Judgment

N judgment, result, conclusion, upshot, deduction, inference, ergotism, illation, corollary, porism, moral, estimation, valuation, appreciation, judication, dijudication, adjudication, arbitrament, arbitrement, arbitration, assessment, ponderation, valorization, award, estimate, review, criticism, critique, notice, report, decision, determination, judgment, finding, verdict, sentence, decree, findings of fact, findings of law, res judicata, plebiscite, voice, casting vote, vote, opinion, good judgment, judge, umpire, arbiter, arbitrator, asessor, referee, censor, reviewer, critic, connoisseur, commentator, inspector, inspecting officer, twenty-twenty hindsight, armchair general, monday morning quarterback, judging, judicious, determinate, conclusive, on the whole, all things considered, a Daniel come to judgment, and stand a critic, hated yet caress'd, it is much easier to be critical than to be correc, la critique est aisee et l'art est difficile, nothing if not critical, O most lame and impotent conclusion.