ADJUDGE - Black's Law Dictionary

What is ADJUDGE? Definition of ADJUDGE in Black's Law Dictionary

To pass on judicially,  to  decide,  settle, or decree, or to sentence or condemn. People v. Rave, 364 Ill. 72, 3 N.E.2d 972, 975.

Judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; equivalent of convicted and sentenced. In re Tarlo's Estate, 315 Pa. 321, 172 A. 139, 140. Implies a judicial determination of a fact, and the entry of a judgment. Department of Banking v. Hedges, 136 Neb. 382, 286 N.W. 277, 283. Does not mean the same as deemed contra, under statute, State v. District Court, 64 Mont. 181, 208 P. 952, 955.

Blaufus v. People, 69 N.Y. 107, 25 Am.Rep. 148. Predicated only of an act of the court. Searight v. Com., 13 S. & R. Pa. 301. Compare Drinkhouse v. Van Ness, 202 Cal. 359, 260 P. 869, 874 ; People ex rel. Strohsahl v. Strohsahl, 222 N.Y.S. 319, 324, 221 App. Div. 86.

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