judge
judged judg·ing [Old French
jugier, from Latin
judicare, from
judic- judex judge, from
jus right, law +
dicere to decide, say]
vt 1 : to hear and decide (as a litigated question) in a court of justice [ a case]
2 : to pronounce after inquiry and deliberation [he was
judged incompetent]
vi : to make a determination
: decide [ between two accounts]
n
: a public official vested with the authority to hear, determine, and preside over legal matters brought in court
;also : one (as a justice of the peace) who performs one or more functions of such an official