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AbjudicateAbjudicate Ab*ju"di*cate, v. t. [L. abjudicatus, p. p. of
abjudicare; ab + judicare. See Judge, and cf. Abjudge.]
To reject by judicial sentence; also, to abjudge. [Obs.]
--Ash. Abjudication
Abjudication Ab*ju`di*ca"tion, n.
Rejection by judicial sentence. [R.] --Knowles.
AdjudicateAdjudicate Ad*ju"di*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjudicated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudicating] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of
adjudicare. See Adjudge.]
To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by
judicial decree. Adjudicate
Adjudicate Ad*ju"di*cate, v. i.
To come to a judicial decision; as, the court adjudicated
upon the case.
AdjudicatedAdjudicate Ad*ju"di*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjudicated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudicating] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of
adjudicare. See Adjudge.]
To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by
judicial decree. AdjudicatingAdjudicate Ad*ju"di*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Adjudicated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Adjudicating] [L. adjudicatus, p. p. of
adjudicare. See Adjudge.]
To adjudge; to try and determine, as a court; to settle by
judicial decree. Adjudication
Adjudication Ad*ju`di*ca"tion, n. [L. adjudicatio: cf. F.
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. ``An adjudication in favor
of natural rights.' --Burke.
3. (Bankruptcy practice) The decision upon the question
whether the debtor is a bankrupt. --Abbott.
4. (Scots Law) A process by which land is attached security
or in satisfaction of a debt.
Adjudicative
Adjudicative Ad*ju"di*ca*tive, a.
Adjudicating.
Adjudicator
Adjudicator Ad*ju"di*ca`tor, n.
One who adjudicates.
Adjudicature
Adjudicature Ad*ju"di*ca*ture, n.
Adjudication.
Aralia nudicaulisSarsaparilla Sar`sa*pa*ril"la, n. [Sp. zarzaparrilla; zarza a
bramble (perhaps fr. Bisc. zartzia) + parra a vine, or
Parillo, a physician said to have discovered it.] (Bot.)
(a) Any plant of several tropical American species of
Smilax.
(b) The bitter mucilaginous roots of such plants, used in
medicine and in sirups for soda, etc.
Note: The name is also applied to many other plants and their
roots, especially to the Aralia nudicaulis, the wild
sarsaparilla of the United States. Claudicant
Claudicant Clau"di*cant, a. [L. claudicans, p. pr. of
claudicare to limp, fr. claudus lame.]
Limping. [R.]
Claudication
Claudication Clau`di*ca"tion, n. [L. claudicatio.]
A halting or limping. [R.] --Tatler.
Depudicate
Depudicate De*pu"di*cate, v. t. [L. depudicatus, p. p. of
depudicare.]
To deflour; to dishonor. [Obs.]
Dijudicant
Dijudicant Di*ju"di*cant, n. [L. dijudicans, p. pr.]
One who dijudicates. [R.] --Wood.
DijudicateDijudicate Di*ju"di*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dijudicated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Dijucating.] [L. dijudicatus, p. p. of
dijudicare to decide; di- = dis- + judicare to judge.]
To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine. [R.]
--Hales. DijudicatedDijudicate Di*ju"di*cate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Dijudicated;
p. pr. & vb. n. Dijucating.] [L. dijudicatus, p. p. of
dijudicare to decide; di- = dis- + judicare to judge.]
To make a judicial decision; to decide; to determine. [R.]
--Hales. Dijudication
Dijudication Di*ju`di*ca"tion, n. [L. dijudicatio.]
The act of dijudicating; judgment. [R.] --Cockeram.
DisjudicationDisjudication Dis*ju`di*ca"tion, n.
Judgment; discrimination. See Dijudication. [Obs.] --Boyle. Imprejudicate
Imprejudicate Im`pre*ju"di*cate, a.
Not prejuged; unprejudiced; impartial. [Obs.] --Sir T.
Browne.
Injudicable
Injudicable In*ju"di*ca*ble, a.
Not cognizable by a judge. [Obs.] --Bailey.
JudicableJudicable Ju"di*ca*ble, a. [L. judicabilis. See Judge, v.
i.]
Capable of being judged; capable of being tried or decided
upon. --Jer. Taylor. Judicative
Judicative Ju"di*ca*tive, a.
Having power to judge; judicial; as, the judicative faculty.
--Hammond.
Judicatory
Judicatory Ju"di*ca*to*ry, a. [L. judicatorius.]
Pertaining to the administration of justice; dispensing
justice; judicial; as, judicatory tribunals. --T. Wharton.
Power to reject in an authoritative or judicatory way.
--Bp. Hall.
Judicatory
Judicatory Ju"di*ca*to*ry (277), n. [L. judicatorium.]
1. A court of justice; a tribunal. --Milton.
2. Administration of justice.
The supreme court of judicatory. --Clarendon.
M pudicaMimosa Mi*mo"sa (?; 277), n. [NL., fr. Gr. ? imitator. Cf.
Mime.] (Bot.)
A genus of leguminous plants, containing many species, and
including the sensitive plants (Mimosa sensitiva, and M.
pudica).
Note: The term mimosa is also applied in commerce to several
kinds bark imported from Australia, and used in
tanning; -- called also wattle bark. --Tomlinson. Mimosa pudicaSensitive Sen"si*tive, a. [F. sensitif. See Sense.]
1. Having sense of feeling; possessing or exhibiting the
capacity of receiving impressions from external objects;
as, a sensitive soul.
2. Having quick and acute sensibility, either to the action
of external objects, or to impressions upon the mind and
feelings; highly susceptible; easily and acutely affected.
She was too sensitive to abuse and calumny.
--Macaulay.
3.
(a) (Mech.) Having a capacity of being easily affected or
moved; as, a sensitive thermometer; sensitive scales.
(b) (Chem. & Photog.) Readily affected or changed by
certain appropriate agents; as, silver chloride or
bromide, when in contact with certain organic
substances, is extremely sensitive to actinic rays.
4. Serving to affect the sense; sensible. [R.]
A sensitive love of some sensitive objects.
--Hammond.
5. Of or pertaining to sensation; depending on sensation; as,
sensitive motions; sensitive muscular motions excited by
irritation. --E. Darwin.
Sensitive fern (Bot.), an American fern (Onoclea
sensibilis), the leaves of which, when plucked, show a
slight tendency to fold together.
Sensitive flame (Physics), a gas flame so arranged that
under a suitable adjustment of pressure it is exceedingly
sensitive to sounds, being caused to roar, flare, or
become suddenly shortened or extinguished, by slight
sounds of the proper pitch.
Sensitive joint vetch (Bot.), an annual leguminous herb
([AE]schynomene hispida), with sensitive foliage.
Sensitive paper, paper prepared for photographic purpose by
being rendered sensitive to the effect of light.
Sensitive plant. (Bot.)
(a) A leguminous plant (Mimosa pudica, or M.
sensitiva, and other allied species), the leaves of
which close at the slightest touch.
(b) Any plant showing motions after irritation, as the
sensitive brier (Schrankia) of the Southern States,
two common American species of Cassia (C. nictitans,
and C. Cham[ae]crista), a kind of sorrel (Oxalis
sensitiva), etc. Nudicaul
Nudicaul Nu"di*caul, a. [L. nudus naked + caulis stem.] (Bot.)
Having the stems leafless.
Prejudicacy
Prejudicacy Pre*ju"di*ca*cy, n.
Prejudice; prepossession. [Obs.] --Sir. H. Blount.
Prejudical
Prejudical Pre*ju"di*cal, a.
Of or pertaining to the determination of some matter not
previously decided; as, a prejudical inquiry or action at
law.
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