adjudication
adjudication ([schwa]-joo-di-kay-sh[schwa]n), n. 1. The legal process of resolving a dispute; the process of judicially deciding a case. 2. JUDGMENT. former adjudication. See FORMER ADJUDICATION. 3. Scots law. The Court of Session’s transfer of heritable property to a creditor as security for or in satisfaction of a debt, or its vesting title in an entitled […]