meaning of adjudication
1. The act of adjudicating; the act or process of trying and determining judicially.
2. A deliberate determination by the judicial power; a judicial decision or sentence.
3. The decision upon the question whether the debtor is a bankrupt.
4. A process by which land is attached security or in satisfaction of a debt.
5. the final judgment in a legal proceeding; the act of pronouncing judgment based on the evidence presented