adjudge

/ɐdʒˈʌdʒ/

/əˈdʒədʒ/

[verb]

to adjudge

[VERB]

MAIN VERB

to declare something true or to be the case according to facts

synonyms : declare

hold

Examples

1. In the early days of September, Barney was adjudged to be a risk to himself and was sectioned, that is involuntarily detained under the terms of the Mental Health Act.

2. In either case, the court has the duty to so adjudge and thereby give effect to the Constitution.

3. By the way such a program we do not have because it was adjudged too costly.

4. - Two-thirds of the Senators present not having pronounced him guilty, the Senate adjudges that the respondent, William Jefferson Clinton, President of the United States, is not guilty as charged.