What is ADJUDICATION? Definition of ADJUDICATION in Black's Law Dictionary
The giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree in a cause; also the judgment given. People ex rel. Argus Co. v. Hugo, 168 N.Y. S. 25, 27, 101 Misc. 481. Or the entry of a decree by a court in respect to the parties in a case. Samuel Goldwyn, Inc., v. United Artists Corporation, C.C.A.Del., 113 F.2d 703, 706.
It implies a hearing by a court, after notice, of legal evidence on the factual issue involved. Genzer v. Fillip, Tex.Civ.App., 134 S.W.2d 730, 732. The equivalent of a "determination." Campbell v. Wyoming Development Co., 55 Wyo. 347, 100 P.2d 124, 132. And contemplates that the claims of all the parties thereto have been considered and set at rest. Miller v. Scobie, 152 Fla. 328, 11 So.2d 892, 894. The term is principally used in bankruptcy proceedings, the adjudication being the order which declares the debtor to be a bankrupt. First Nat. Bank v. Pothuisje, 217 Ind. 1, 25 N.E.2d 436, 438, 130 A.L.R. 1238.
French Law
A sale made at public auction and upon competition. Adjudications are voluntary, judicial, or administrative. Duverger.
Scotch Law
A species of diligence, or process for transferring the estate of a debtor to a creditor, carried on as an ordinary action before the court of session. A species of judicial sale, redeemable by the debtor. A decreet of the lords of session, adjudging and appropriating a person's lands, hereditaments, or any heritable right to belong to his creditor, who is called the "adjudger," for payment or performance. Bell; Ersk.Inst. c. 2, tit. 12, §§ 39-55; Forb.Inst. pt. 3, b. 1, c. 2, tit. 6.
Adjudication contra hreditatem jacentem. When a debtor's heir apparent renounces the succession, any creditor may obtain a. decree cognitionis causel, the purpose of which is that the amount of the debt may be ascertained so that the real estate may be adjudged.
Adjudication in bankruptcy. See Bankruptcy.
Adjudication in implement. An action by a grantee against his grantor to compel him to complete the title.
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