Present participle of adjudge; the act of making an official judgment or decision about something.
The -ing form of adjudge, created by adding the gerund suffix to the verb root. This participial form became common in English legal writing to describe the ongoing or continuous action of making judgments.
In legal writing, 'adjudging' is used when describing the process of reaching a decision—it emphasizes that judgment-making is an active process requiring deliberation, not just a snap decision.
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