Abjudication
//əbˌd͡ʒuː.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Rejection or confiscation by judicial sentence. countable, rare, uncountable
"However, an appeal lay from the Council against any sentence, abjudication or removal, to the Court of Directors, within one calendar month from date of such sentence or abjudication, upon the aggrieved party giving security sufficient to cover the cost of the appeal."
Example
More examples"However, an appeal lay from the Council against any sentence, abjudication or removal, to the Court of Directors, within one calendar month from date of such sentence or abjudication, upon the aggrieved party giving security sufficient to cover the cost of the appeal."
Etymology
From abjudicate + -ion or from Latin abiūdicātiō. First attested in 1623.
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