ADJUDICATION

adjudication  (<<schwa>>-joo-di-kay-sh<<schwa>>n),  n.1.  The  legal  process  of  resolving  a dispute; the process of judicially deciding a case. 2.JUDGMENT. former adjudication.See FORMER ADJUDICATION. 3.Scots law. The Court of Session’s transfer of heritable property to a creditor as security for or in satisfaction of a debt, or its vesting title in an entitled claimant. [Blacks Law 8th]

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ADJUDICATIO

adjudicatio.Roman law. A part of a formula in a partition action by which the judge assigned the parties real rights in their shares; specif., a part of a formula (i.e., the praetor’s statement of an issue for a judex) directing the judex to apportion property in a divisory action. • Adjudicatio was used to apportion…

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ADJUDICATEE

adjudicatee (<<schwa>>-joo-di-k<<schwa>>-tee).Civil law. A purchaser at a judicial sale. [Blacks Law 8th]

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ADJUDICATE

adjudicate    (<<schwa>>-joo-di-kayt),    vb.1.    To    rule    upon    judicially.    2.ADJUDGE (2).3.ADJUDGE(3). — Also termed judicate. [Blacks Law 8th]

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ADJUDICATAIRE

adjudicataire   (<<schwa>>-joo-di-k<<schwa>>-tair),   n.   Canadian   law.   One   who   buys property at a judicial sale. [Blacks Law 8th]

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ADJUDGER

adjudger,n.1. One who adjudges. 2.Scots law.An adjudging creditor. [Blacks Law 8th]

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ADJOURN.

adjournment  sine  die  (<<schwa>>-j<<schwa>>rn-m<<schwa>>nt  sI-nee  [or  sin-ay]  dI-ee). The ending of a deliberative assembly’s or court’s session without setting a time to reconvene. — Also termed adjournment without day. “The term adjournment sine die (or adjournment without day) usually refers to the close of a session of several meetings: (a) where the adjournment dissolves the…

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