Legal Definition and Related Resources of Adjudge
Meaning of Adjudge
To pass a judicial decision or decree . To give judgment ; to decide; to sentence .
Synonyms of Adjudge
verb
- addicere
- adiudicare
- adjudicate
- arbitrate
- award
- conclude
- decide
- decree
- deem
- deliver judgment
- determine
- dispense
- dispense judgment
- exercise judgment
- find
- give an opinion
- hold
- judge
- judicate
- judicially determine
- make a decision
- order
- pass judgment
- pronounce formally
- rule
- sentence
- settle
- sit in judgment
- Associated Concepts: adjudge bankrupt
- adjudge guilt
- adjudge incompetent
- adjudge innocence
- adjudge insolvent
- adjudge liability foreign phrases: Res judicata pro veritate accipitur
- A thing which is adjudicated is accepted or received for the truth
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Legal Abbreviations and Acronyms
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Translate Adjudge from English to Spanish
Translation of Adjudge, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Adjudicar and other legal terms is available here.
- Adjudicar
- Juzgar
- Declarar
- Decidir
- Resolver
- Sentenciar
- Declarar judicialmente
- Legal English Translation
What does Adjudge mean in American Law?
The definition of Adjudge in the law of the United States, as defined by the lexicographer Arthur Leff in his legal dictionary is:
Essentially the same as adjudicate, except that the ordinary legal speaker would be much more likely to describe a criminal defendant as “adjudged guilty” than “adjudicated guilty.” (But that speaker would be even more likely to describe the defendant as “found guilty.”) In addition, while “adjudicate” and “adjudication” can, in some contexts, refer to a process of judging prior to decision or entry of judgment, something described as adjudged would almost certainly mean decided, with the implication that a judgment had been formally entered.
Grammar
This term is a verb.
Etimology of Adjudge
(You may find adjudge at the world legal encyclopedia and the etimology of more terms).
late 14c., ajuge, “to make a judicial decision, decide by judicial opinion,” from Old French ajugier “to judge, pass judgment on” (Modern French adjuger, the -d- was restored 14c. and English followed suit by 16c.), from Latin adiudicare “grant or award as a judge,” from ad “to” (see ad-) + iudicare “to judge,” which is related to iudicem (see judge (verb)). Sense of “have an opinion” is from c. 1400. Related: Adjudged; adjudging.
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