adjudge

[US]/ə'dʒʌdʒ/
[UK]/ə'dʒʌdʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. to make a formal judgment or decision; to declare or award by a formal decision; to sentence.
Word Forms
Past Tenseadjudged
Present Participleadjudging
Past Participleadjudged
Third Person Singularadjudges

Phrases & Collocations

adjudge guilty

adjudge the winner

Example Sentences

adjudge a man (to be) guilty

adjudge the property to sb.

she was adjudged guilty.

The assassin was adjudged an extremist.

The property was adjudged to the rightful owner.

It was adjudged wise to avoid war.

the court adjudged legal damages to her.

the defaulter was adjudged to pay the whole amount.

The death was adjudged a suicide by sleeping pills.

The criminal was adjudged to prison for eight years.

The court adjudged the dead man's house to his son.

Real-world Examples

The situation converted and the judge adjudged the cook innocent.

Source: Pan Pan

It is therefore, ordered and adjudged that the said Donald John Trump be and he is hereby acquitted of the charges in said articles.

Source: CNN 10 Student English February 2020 Compilation

It has been adjudged, for example, that a coach-maker can neither himself make nor employ journeymen to make his coach-wheels, but must buy them of a master wheel-wright; this latter trade having been exercised in England before the 5th of Elizabeth.

Source: The Wealth of Nations (Part One)

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