adjudication (ajodikashon)

[L. adjudi catio ( n- ), To pa off a verdict of personal taste, under the guise of an adjudication of science. F. Hall , Mod. Eng., p. 81. 2. In law : (a) A judicial sentence; judgment or decision of a court. (b) The act of a court declaring an ascertained fact: as, an adjudication of bankruptcy. The consequence of adjudication is that all the bankrupt's property vests in the registrar of the court until the appointment by the creditors of a trustee, and thereafter in the trustee. Encyc . Brit ., III. 343. 3. In Scots law, the diligence or proce by which land is attached in security for or in payment of a debt. - Articulate adjudication, in Scots law, adjudication which is often used where there are more debts than one due to the adjudging creditor; in which case it is usual to accumulate each debt by itself, so that, in case of an error in ascertaining or calculating one of the debts, the error may affect only that debt.Effectual adjudication, in Scots law, a form of action by which real property is attached by a creditor. - Former adjudication, in law, a previous judicial decision between the same parties or those whom they succeed, available, or sought to be made available, to bar a subsequent litigation involving the same point.