Adjudicate
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
To settle in the exercise of judicial authority. To determine finally. Synonymous with adjudge in its strictest sense.
United States v. Irwin, 127 U. S. 125, 8 Sup. Ot 1033, 32 L. Ed. 99; Street v. Benner, 20 Fla. 700; Sans v. New York, 31 Misc. Rep. 559, 64 N. Y. Supp. 681.