abjudication
/əbˌd͡ʒuː.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/
abjudication noun: rejection or confiscation by judicial sentence.
Noun
abjudication (countable and uncountable, plural abjudications)
- Rejection or confiscation by judicial sentence.
- However, an appeal lay from the Council against any sentence, abjudication or removal, to the Court of Directors, within one calendar month from date of such sentence or abjudication, upon the aggrieved party giving security sufficient to cover the cost of the appeal.1904, Claude George, chapter 11, in The Rise of British West Africa, Houlston & Sons, page 135
- Abjudication of the freedom of Richard Northbury, and restitution thereof[…]1861, City of London Corporation, edited by Henry Thomas Riley, compiled by John Carpenter, Liber Albus, page 496
Forms of abjudication
| plural | abjudications |
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Origin of abjudication
From abjudicate + -ion or from Latin abiūdicātiō. First attested in 1623.
Words that rhyme with abjudication
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Questions about abjudication
- What does abjudication mean?
- Abjudication means rejection or confiscation by judicial sentence.
- What part of speech is abjudication?
- Abjudication is a noun.
- How do you pronounce abjudication?
- Abjudication is pronounced /əbˌd͡ʒuː.dɪˈkeɪ.ʃən/.
- What is the plural of abjudication?
- The plural of abjudication is abjudications.
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