Condemnation

Sometimes used to indicate proceedingsj for taking property by right of 'eminent domain. In Admiralty. The sentence of a competent tribunal which declares a ship unfit for service. This sentence may be re-examined and litigated by the parties interested in disputing it.

5 Esp. 65; Abb. Shipp. 4.

The judgment, sentence or decree by which property seized and subject to forfeiture for an infraction of revenue, navigation, or other laws is condemned or forfeited to the government. See "Captor." The sentence or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, that a ship or vessel taken as a prize on the high seas was liable to capture, and was properly and legally captured and held as prize. In Civil Lawf. A sentence or judgment which condemns some one to do, to give, or to pay something, or which declares that his claim or pretensions are unfounded. In Criminal Law. The word is used In this sense by common-law lawyers also, though it is more usual to say "conviction."

3 Bl. Comm. 291.

It is a maxim that no man ought to be condemned unheard, and vnthout the opportunity of being heard. action is adjudged or condemned to pay; sometimes simply called the "condemnation."

3 Bl. Comm. 291.

It answers to the judicatum of the civil law.

Id. 291, 292.