Adjudication

·noun The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.

II. Adjudication ·noun A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.

III. Adjudication ·noun The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.

IV. Adjudication ·noun A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence.