1581 T. Rogers tr. N. Hemmingsen Faith of Church Militant xvii. 156 This binding, is an adiudging of that man who beleeueth not the Gospel.

a1649 W. Drummond Hist. James I in Wks. (1711) 14 He had ever a Male-talent against the King since the adjudging of the Earldom of Strathern from his Nephew Miles.

1689 Myst. Iniq. 24 We had a new Court of Inquisition erected for the adjudging and punishing of them.

1714 E. Wells Help Understanding Divine Laws & Covenants ii. ii. 99 The adjudging of Eternal Life to a Person (as well as the Forgiveness of Sins) is very different from Justification.

1767 Scots Mag. May 228/2 The purposes for which facts are endeavoured to be ascertained by judicial evidence, viz. the punishing of crimes, and the adjudging of property.

1817 M. Edgeworth Ormond in Harrington & Ormond II. xxiv. 164 The parents and friends of the children were admitted..to the school room, to hear the lessons, and to witness the adjudging of the week's premiums.

1832 Christian Advocate June 249/2 Justification is in fact what the very term denotes—an adjudging of a moral agent.

1890 Orders in Council (Quebec) 444 The assessment roll..shall be only declared closed after the hearing and the adjudging of every claim.

1908 A. Hassall in Cambr. Mod. Hist. V. ii. 48 'Chambers of Reunion' were set up, for the purpose of adjudging to France certain territories and towns on the left bank of the Rhine.

1964 Times 19 Feb. 5/3 Handicapping in horseracing was the adjudging of horses in order to place them where possible on an equality.

2004 H. H. Tittmann Inside Vatican of Pius XII iii. 119 The Holy See would..have tended to develop into an organization whose major activity might well become the determination of the facts and the adjudging of the guilty.

1705 in Somers Tracts (1751) IV. 48 We could bring many parallel Cases and Examples which would more than absolve us; but we shall fix upon one, because it is an adjudging Case.

1798 in T. J. Howell Compl. Coll. State Trials (1819) XXVI. 1113 May your verdict this day assure your hopes, and give you strength and consolation in the presence of an adjudging God.

1877 Amer. Law Reg. 25 504 A judgment rendered in another state, when sued on here can be impeached only on the ground that the adjudging court did not have jurisdiction over the person of the defendant or the subject-matter.

1924 Kokomo (Indiana) Daily Tribune 17 Mar. 2/5 This adjudging committee to announce the prize winners as soon as possible after receiving the essays.

1987 T. Lange Role of Lockouts in Labor Confl. v. 257 An adjudging division of the Senate may obtain..a decision from the Large Senate, if it considers this necessary for the advancement of the law.

2005 N. Kashyap & A. Anand Objection your Honour iii. 100 In contact cases an option to chose an adjudging authority is provided to the parties, if the parties have an arbitration clause in their contract.

1732 Ld. Kames Ess. Several Subj. in Law 80 These several Propostions were..not reconcileable to one another in the Competition of simple and adjudging Inhibiters and Annualrenters.

1761 Addit. Memorial Creditors Sir Archibald Cockburn 2 As to the adjudging Creditors, the whole Adjudications, whether those led by the Creditors of Father and Son jointly, or by the Creditors of the Father only, are all in point of Time preferable, pari passu, being all within Year and Day of one another.

1838 W. Bell Dict. Law Scotl. (at cited word) Where an adjudication is led for a larger sum than what is actually due to the adjudging creditor, it is said to be a pluris petitio.

1900 Scots Law Times 10 Nov. 212/1 When under the former law a purchaser or adjudging creditor came forward to demand an entry it would have been quite idle to suggest that the superior was in beneficial possession.