Adjudication

Adjudication, giving or pronouncing a judgment or decree. In Bankruptcy Law, adjudication is the act of the Court declaring a person to be bankrupt. In Scots Law it signifies the 'diligence' by which land is attached in security and payment of debt, or by which a feudal title is made up in a person holding an obligation to convey without a procuratory of resignation or precept of sasine. There are thus (1) the adjudication for debt; (2) the adjudication in security; and (3) the adjudication in implement, Bell's dict.