abjudication
n. C2 Proficiency ab·ju·di·ca·tion
n. a formal decision made by a judge or court. It is an old word for a legal ruling or judgment.
n. a formal judicial decision or judgment rendered by a court. Archaic in modern legal practice; often replaced by 'judgment' or 'ruling'.
The judge issued a final abjudication on the case.
After months of evidence was presented, the court reached an abjudication that cleared the defendant of all charges.
The historical records of the trial contain a detailed abjudication that outlines the specific legal precedents cited by the judge to justify the verdict.
From abjudicate + -ion or from Latin abiūdicātiō. First attested in 1623.