adjudication

the entry of an adjudication vests title in the trustee, and this is the act of the court, not of the petitioner

In Practice. A judgment; giving or pronouncing judgment in a case. See "Former Adjudication." The application of the law to the facts and an authoritative declaration of result. 113 111. 312. In Scotch Law. A process for transferring the estate of a debtor to his creditor. Ersk. Inst. lib. 2, tit. 12, §§ 39-55; Bell, Diet. (Shaw Ed.) 944. It may be raised not only on a decree of court, but also where the debt is for a liquidated sum. The execution of a summons and notice to the opposite party prevents any transfer of the estate. Every creditor who obtains a decree within a year and a day is entitled to share with the first creditor, and, after ten years' possession under his adjudication, the title of the creditor is complete. Paterson, Comp. 1137, note. The matter is regulated by St. Feb. 26, 1684, p. 1672, c. 19. See Ersk. Inst. lib. 2, c. 12, §§ 15, 16. ADJUDICATION CONTRA HAEREDITAtem jacentem.

In Scotch law. Adjudication against a renouncing heir. Brought by the ancestor's creditor to establish his debt against the realty when the heir, apparent renounces his rigrht of inheritance.

A judgment; giving or pronouncing judgment in a case. Determination in the exercise of judicial power. Street v. Benner, 20 Fla. 700; Joseph C. Irwin & Co. v. U. S., 23 Ct CI. 149. In Scotch Law. A process for transferring the estate of a debtor to his creditor. Erskine, Inst. lib. 2, tit 12, §§ 39-55. ADJUNCTION (Lat. adjungere, to join to). In Civil Law. The attachment or union permanently of a thing belonging to one man's diamond be set in another's rii ■v >l<l * ring, as if one's guard be another's sword; by tewing, as 1. Ing the silk of one to make the coat olhor; by construction, as by buildi: another's land; by writing, as when one writes on another's parchment; or by painting, as when one paints a picture on anoth er's canvas. In these cases, as a general rule, the accessory follows the principal; hence those things which are attached to the things of another become the property of the Latter. The only exception which the civilians made was in the case of a picture, which, alt an accession, drew to itself the canvas, on account of the importance which was attached to it; Inst. 2. 1. 34; Dig. 41. 1. 9. 2. The common law implicitly adopts the dvU law doctrines. See 2 Bla. Com. 404. See Accession.

The giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree in a cause; also the judgment given. The term is principally used in bankruptcy proceedings, the adjudication being the order which declares the debtor to be a bankrupt.

In French law. A sale made at public auction and upon competition.. Adjudications are voluntary, judicial, or administrative. Duverger.

In Scotch law. A species of diligence, or process for transferring the estote of a debtor to a creditor, carried on as an ordinary action before the court of session. A species of judiciui 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; Fort). Inst pt. 3, b. 1, c. 2, tit 6.

— Adjudication contra hæreditatem jacentem. When a debtor's heir apparent renounces the succession, any creditor may obtain a decree cognitionis causa, 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.

Judgment; decree; sentence; the act of giving judgment or pronouncing sentence or a decree; a settlement by judgment, decree or sentence.

In Scots law. A process for transferring the estate of a debtor to a creditor; a species of judicial sale, with right of redemption by the debtor; a decree of the lords of session appropriating the lands or heritable rights of a debtor to his creditor.

The giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree in a cause; also the judgment given. The term is principally used in bankruptcy proceedings, the adjudication being the order which deelares the debtor to be a bankrupt. tions are voluntary, judicial, or administrative. Duverger.

In Seotch law. A species of diligence, or process for transferring the estate of a debtor to acreditor, 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 catled the “adjudger,” for payment or performance. Bell; Ersk. Inst. ¢. 2, tit. 12, §§ 89-55; Forb. Inst. pt. 3, b. 1, ec. 2, tit. 6. ADJUDICATION CONTRA HARE-

Judgment, decree. Adjudication in implement: in Scotch law, a grantee's action against a grantor who refuses to complete his title.

[Lat. adjudicatio, from adjudicare, q. v.] The act of giving judgment, or pronouncing a sentence or decree; the judgment itself, so given. A settlement by judgment, decree or sentence. Stat. 16 & 11 Car. II. e. 10. Cowell.

in practice, is the giving or pronouncing a judgment in a cause; a judgment.