jūdĭcātĭo, ōnis, f. [judico].
I A judging, investigating (class.): longi subsellii, Cic. Fam. 3, 9, 2; hence, an inquiry into an accusation, a judicial examination of a cause , id. Inv. 1, 13, 18: consilium est ratio quaedam habens in se et inventionem et judicationem, Quint. 6, 5, 3.—
II In gen., a judgment, opinion , Cic. Tusc. 4, 11, 26: arbitralis, Macr. S. 7, 1, 7: poetarum et carminum, a critical estimate , Mart. Cap. 4, § 338.