adjudged; adjudging
1
a
: to decide or rule upon as a judge : adjudicate
b
: to pronounce judicially : rule
3
: to hold or pronounce to be : deem
adjudge the book a success
4
: to award or grant judicially in a case of controversy
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Examples of adjudge in a Sentence
The court adjudged the contract to be fraudulent.
his version of what had happened was generally adjudged to be completely fictitious
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Her chaotic — and traumatic — leadership compounded the Conservatives’ difficulties following the circus surrounding her predecessor Johnson, who was forced to quit after being adjudged to have lied to Parliament over coronavirus lockdown breaches at his offices in Downing Street.
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TIME, 4 May 2024
Salah stayed cool to score from the spot in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time after Domingos was adjudged to have fouled Mostafa Mohamed in a VAR review.
—CiarÁn Fahey, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
And inevitably, the officers adjudged that Spencer and two putative co-conspirators among the crew were guilty of planning a mutiny and should be hanged.
—Howard Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Even last season, as Arsenal finished fifth, they were widely adjudged to have bottled finishing in the Champions League places.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
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TIME, 4 May 2024
Salah stayed cool to score from the spot in the seventh minute of second-half stoppage time after Domingos was adjudged to have fouled Mostafa Mohamed in a VAR review.
—CiarÁn Fahey, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
And inevitably, the officers adjudged that Spencer and two putative co-conspirators among the crew were guilty of planning a mutiny and should be hanged.
—Howard Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
Even last season, as Arsenal finished fifth, they were widely adjudged to have bottled finishing in the Champions League places.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2023
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“Adjudge.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adjudge. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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adjudge
verb
ad·judge
ə-ˈjəj 
adjudged; adjudging
1
: to decide or rule upon as a judge : adjudicate
2
: to consider or say to be : deem
they adjudged the play a success
Legal Definition
adjudge
transitive verb
ad·judge
ə-ˈjəj
adjudged; adjudging
1
2
: to award, grant, or impose judicially
adjudge costs to the plaintiff
adjudgment
noun
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