Adjudicate

ad-jōō′di-kāt, v.t. to determine judicially: to pronounce.— v.i. to pronounce judgment.— ns. Adjudicā′tion ( Eng. law ), an order of the Bankruptcy Court, adjudging the debtor to be a bankrupt, and transferring his property to a trustee; Adjū′dicator . [L. adjudicāre , -ātum .]