1. past tense and past participle of adjudge; to decide or rule officially, especially in a court of law
Usage: formal; legal
2. to consider or deem something to be
Usage: formal

Examples

• The defendant was adjudged guilty of fraud.
• The court adjudged the contract to be invalid.
• She was adjudged the winner of the competition.
• The property was adjudged to belong to the state.
• He was adjudged mentally incompetent to stand trial.
• The judge adjudged the evidence insufficient.
• The work was adjudged to be of exceptional quality.