Third-person singular present tense of adjudge; means to make an official decision or judgment about something, especially in a legal context.
From Old French 'adjuger,' combining Latin 'ad-' (to) and 'judicare' (to judge). The word emerged in Middle English around the 14th century as a legal term meaning to decide or pronounce judgment formally.
This word is mostly found in legal documents now, but it captures something important: the difference between judging (forming an opinion) and adjudging (making it official and binding). Medieval courts used this term to emphasize the weight of their decisions.
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