adjudicate
adjudicate ([schwa]-joo-di-kayt), vb. 1. To rule upon judicially. 2. ADJUDGE (2). 3. ADJUDGE(3). — Also termed judicate.
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agarder
agarder (ah-gahr-day), vb. [Law French] To award, adjudge, or determine; to sentence or condemn.
residential care
residential care. Family law. Foster-care placement involving residence in a group home or institution. • This type of foster care is most commonly used for adolescents who have been adjudged to be delinquents or status offenders.
abjudge
abjudge (ab-j[schwa]j), vb. Archaic. To take away or remove (something) by judicial decision. Cf. ADJUDGE. “As a result of the trial a very solemn judgment is pronounced. The land is adjudged to the one party and his heirs, and abjudged (abiudicata) from the other party and his heirs for ever.” 2 Frederick Pollock & Frederic
chancer
chancer (chan-s[schwa]r), vb. To adjust according to equitable principles, as a court of chancery would. • The practice arose in parts of New England when the courts had no equity jurisdiction, and were compelled to act on equitable principles. “The practice of ‘chancering’ is a very old one. A forfeiture could be ‘chancered’ under a
champion
champion. Hist. A person chosen to represent a defendant in trial by combat. • If the champion lost, the defendant was adjudged guilty. A champion who survived was fined for intentionally or ignorantly defending an unjust cause; one who died was buried in unhallowed ground. See TRIAL BY COMBAT.
judicial lien
A lien obtained by judgment, levy, sequestration, or other legal or equitable process or proceeding. • If a debtor is adjudged to owe money to a creditor and the judgment has not been satisfied, the creditor can ask the court to impose a lien on specific property owned and possessed by the debtor. After the
addict
addict (a-dikt), n. A person who habitually uses a substance, esp. a narcotic drug. [Cases: Chemical Dependents 1; Controlled Substances 38. C.J.S. Chemical Dependents §§ 2–3.] — addict ([schwa]-dikt), vb. — addictive, adj. — addiction, n. drug addict. A person who is psychologically or physiologically dependent on a narcotic drug. addict, vb. Roman law. 1.
addict,vb
Roman law. 1. To adjudge (to); to deliver under court order. 2. More broadly, to surrender a thing (to someone else).
declaratory theory
declaratory theory. The belief that judges’ decisions never make law but instead merely constitute evidence of what the law is. • This antiquated view — held by such figures as Coke and Blackstone — is no longer accepted. “There are … at least three good reasons why the declaratory theory should have persisted for some
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