noun
- the act of judging or deciding a case in court; a judicial decision or verdict
- the process of awarding or assigning something by judicial authority
Usage: formal legal term; variant spelling of 'adjudgment' (more common in U.S. English)
Usage: formal
Examples
- The adjudgement in the case was delivered after three weeks of deliberation.
- The court's adjudgement awarded damages to the plaintiff.
- The adjudgement of the dispute required careful examination of the evidence.
- Following the adjudgement, both parties had the right to appeal.
- The judge's adjudgement was based on the testimony of multiple witnesses.