adjudication

noun

1. an act of adjudicating.
2. Law.
   1. the act of a court in making an order, judgment, or decree.
   2. a judicial decision or sentence.
   3. a court decree in bankruptcy.

n.

1690s, from French adjudication or directly from Late Latin adjudicationem (nominative adjudicatio), noun of action from past participle stem of adjudicare (see adjudge).