judication
judication noun: the act of judging, judgment.
Noun
judication (countable and uncountable, plural judications)
- The act of judging, judgment.
- From this mode of bringing forward evidence, arises that last kind of dispute which we call the judication, or examination of the excuses alleged. And that is of this kind: whether it was right that his mother should be put to death by Orestes, because she had put to death Orestes's father?1853, Marcus Tullius Cicero, translated by C. D. Yonge, On invention
- Moreover it is clear that in Cicero's time judication in civil as well as in criminal cases enhanced a man's dignity, which was dear to every upper-class Roman.1988, P. A. Brunt, The fall of the Roman Republic and related essays
Forms of judication
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Origin of judication
Borrowed from Latin iudicatio, iudicationis.
Questions about judication
- What does judication mean?
- Judication means the act of judging, judgment.
- What part of speech is judication?
- Judication is a noun.
- What is the plural of judication?
- The plural of judication is judications.
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