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
						 
