To deprive by judicial decision; to remove or strip away something through a legal judgment or court ruling.
From Latin 'ab-' (away from) + 'iudicare' (to judge), creating a legal term meaning to take something away via judicial process.
Legal words like 'abjudge' reveal how the law needed precise language—'abjudge' specifically meant a court TOOK something away, not just ruled about it, showing medieval precision.
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